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Programming Languages

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






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






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






4. 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.






5. The oldest high-level language.






6. The most widely used language for business applications






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






16. 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






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






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






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






20. 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






21. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






22. Basic command - directory of files: _________






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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






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






36. The language of the Department of Defense






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






38. 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.






39. 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.






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






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






42. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






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






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






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






46. 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






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






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






49. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format






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