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Programming Languages

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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






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






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






11. The most widely used language for business applications






12. 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.






13. 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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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.






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. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






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






34. The language of the Department of Defense






35. Language used primarily for science applications






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






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






38. Basic command - directory of files: _________






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






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






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






42. 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.






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






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






45. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






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






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






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






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






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