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Programming Languages

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






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






3. 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






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






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






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






7. The language of the Department of Defense






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






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






10. 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






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






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






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






14. 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.






15. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






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






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






18. The oldest high-level language.






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






20. 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






21. Basic command - directory of files: _________






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






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






24. Language used primarily for science applications






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






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






27. 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.






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






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






30. It is a high-level compiled language built upon ALGOL. It is best known for its emphasis on structured programming techniques and strong typing; because of this it was extremely popular as a teaching language in the 1980s and early 1990s though it wa






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






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






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






34. 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.






35. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






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






37. 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.






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






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






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






41. The most widely used language for business applications






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






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






44. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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