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Programming Languages

Subject : it-skills
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1. Components of assembly language: operand and operation code and _________






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






3. In machine language the symbol for a base register is ____






4. 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






5. A ___________ language or extension language is a programming language that allows control of one or more software applications.






6. Basic command - directory of files: _________






7. In machine language the symbol for an index register is _________






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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






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






15. The most widely used language for business applications






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






17. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






18. 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.






19. It is an interpreted language designed principally to process text - often used for web CGI scripts and parsing log files.






20. 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.






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






22. 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






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






24. 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.






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






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






27. Source code may be converted into an executable image by a(n) ______________






28. The oldest high-level language.






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






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






31. This generation of languages include - RPG or SQL or Mathamatica or PL/SQL or Cold Fusion - subset of Domain Specific Languages






32. An _________ is used to translate a program into machine code every time the program is run






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






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






35. Components of machine code: 1. register number 2. ___________ ____________ 3. data address






36. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






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






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






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






40. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format






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






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






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






44. The language of the Department of Defense






45. It was developed in 1959 - is especially wordy (just as C and Perl are characterized as terse). The vast majority of Year 2000 problems involved programs written in this language.






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






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






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






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






50. 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