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Programming Languages

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1. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






15. 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






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






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






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






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






20. 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






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






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






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






24. The language of the Department of Defense






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






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






27. The oldest high-level language.






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






29. 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






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






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






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






37. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format






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






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






40. Basic command - directory of files: _________






41. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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