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Programming Languages

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1. 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






2. The language of the Department of Defense






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Language used primarily for science applications






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






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






13. 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.






14. 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.






15. The oldest high-level language.






16. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. The most widely used language for business applications






25. 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






26. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






27. 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






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






29. Basic command - directory of files: _________






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






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






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






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






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