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Programming Languages

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






2. Basic command - directory of files: _________






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. The oldest high-level language.






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






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






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






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






21. The most widely used language for business applications






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






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






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






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






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






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






45. 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






46. 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






47. Language used primarily for science applications






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






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






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