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Programming Languages

Subject : it-skills
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1. The language of the Department of Defense






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Language used primarily for science applications






12. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format






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






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






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






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






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






18. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






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






20. 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.






21. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






27. The oldest high-level language.






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






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






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






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






32. Basic command - directory of files: _________






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






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






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






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






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






38. The most widely used language for business applications






39. 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.






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






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






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






48. 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






49. 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






50. 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