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Programming Languages

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






2. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format






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






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






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






6. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






15. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






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






17. The language of the Department of Defense






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






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






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






21. 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






22. The most widely used language for business applications






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






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






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






26. The oldest high-level language.






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






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






29. The purpose of symbols in assembly language is to represent _________ locations






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






31. 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






32. Language used primarily for science applications






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






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






35. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






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






37. 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






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






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






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






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






42. Basic command - directory of files: _________






43. a popular compiled high-level language - similar to C but witho bject-oriented features (classes) generic programming (templates) and exception handlingwith - developed by Bjarne Stroustrup in 1985 at Bell Labs






44. Components of machine code: 1. ___________ ____________ 2. operation code 3. data address






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






46. 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






47. 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.






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






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






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