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Programming Languages

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






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






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






4. Language used primarily for science applications






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






6. 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.






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






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






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






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






11. Basic command - directory of files: _________






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






22. 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






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






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






25. 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






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






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






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






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






30. 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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






36. 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






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






38. The oldest high-level language.






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






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






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






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






43. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format






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






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






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






47. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






48. The language of the Department of Defense






49. The most widely used language for business applications






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