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Programming Languages

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1. Components of machine code: 1. register number 2. operation code 3. ___________ ____________






2. A procedural imperative language designed for scientific and engineering and business and systems programming applications






3. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






4. Divisions of COBOL programs: data and _________ and environment






5. A fully compiled or assembled program ready to be loaded into the computer.






6. In machine language the symbol for a displacement value is _________






7. In machine language the purpose of an _________ _________ is to tell the control unit what data processing operation is to be performed.






8. It is the ancestor of the family of functional languages that emphasize evaluating expressions rather than executing imperative commands.






9. Language capable of treating alphabetic text as a set of logic statements






10. Language that interfaces directly with the operating system. It indicates when and how application programs will be processed.






11. The program that translate a source program (high level language) into an object program.






12. Divisions of COBOL programs: _________ and identification and environment






13. The most basic type of programming language - immediately executable instructions and making efficient use of computer storage. Manipulation of individual bits by instruction. Not easy in design or writing






14. The purpose of ___________ language is to condense machine code instructions into simpler instructions. Its disadvantage is that it is machine dependent. It is not immediately executable.






15. Language used primarily for science applications






16. The most widely used language for business applications






17. It examines a source program statement by statement - and the resulting machine language instructions are immediately executed before the next statement is examined.






18. An ____________ yields a value. For example: 2 + 2 yields 4.






19. The oldest high-level language.






20. Components of assembly language: operand and operation code and _________






21. It was created in the late 1950s - most modern procedural languages reflect its overall structure and design






22. A program written in a high-level language.






23. This generation of languages - Assembly Language - symbolic not portable






24. A mixture of natural languages and symbols and terms and other features commonly used in high-level languages. E.g. + or - or * etc.






25. a popular high-level language developed by Sun Microsystems in the early 1990s. The language was originally named OAK and unsuccessfully used for set-top devices but hit it big after being renamed in 1995 and introduced to the World Wide Web. It is a






26. The language of the Department of Defense






27. In assembly language the place at which computer control can be transferred is marked by the _________ field






28. It is a high-level and highly standardized language that remains very "close to the hardware" and allows the programmer to perform useful fast and dangerous tricks.






29. In machine language purpose of a _________ _________ is to signify which register to use when computational procedures are required






30. Type of error: a language command being spelled incorrectly






31. The purpose of an _________ ___________ is to detect syntax errors in an assembly language program






32. It allows users to write programs in a language similar to natural language.






33. rogramming paradigm describes computation in terms of statements that change a program state. COBOL or C or Java etc






34. A programming language in which the source code of programs is composed of mnemonic instructions- each of which corresponds directly to a machine instruction for a particular processor.






35. In assembly language the location of data values in primary memory is given by the _________ field






36. A fourth-generation programming language - financial modeling language - eventually out-competed by spreadsheets






37. A Language with good error diagnostics - is easy to use and has real-time coding






38. This generation of languages - zeros and ones - machine code






39. Components of assembly language : _________ and operation code and name






40. Components of assembly language: operand and _________ _________ and name






41. A Language with a very precise structure that is particularly good for training serious programmers; is procedural and is based on ALGOL






42. A _________ _________ is a set of print statements or screen-display statements whose output enables a programmer to follow a computer's processing path during execution






43. Divisions of COBOL programs: data and identification and _________






44. A language developed by IBM which features mathematical excellence and strong input/output capabilities






45. Programming paradigm that expresses the logic of a computation without describing its control flow. Regex or logic programming or functional programming or xslt or svg






46. In order to translate a program written in a high-level language into machine code a(n) _________ is used






47. Source code may be executed immediately with the aid of a(n) ________________.






48. A Language which is inexpensive to program and is problem-oriented and is easy to code






49. This generation of languages - easier to read - procedural - portable - e.g. COBOL or C or C++ or Pascal or Python






50. A program that converts from assembly language to machine language.