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Programming Languages

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






2. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






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






4. 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






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






6. 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






7. 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






8. 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.






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






10. The oldest high-level language.






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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.






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






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






20. Basic command - directory of files: _________






21. 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






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






34. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. The most widely used language for business applications






46. 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






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






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






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






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