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Programming Languages

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






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






3. 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






4. Basic command - directory of files: _________






5. 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






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






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






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






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






10. A fourth-generation programming language - financial modeling language - eventually out-competed by spreadsheets






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






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






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






18. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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






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






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






28. The oldest high-level language.






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






30. The language of the Department of Defense






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






32. 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.






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






38. 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






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






40. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






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






42. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format






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






44. Language used primarily for science applications






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






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






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






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






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






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