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Programming Languages

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Basic command - directory of files: _________






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Language used primarily for science applications






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






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






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






19. 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






20. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






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






22. 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






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






24. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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






31. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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.






39. 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






40. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






41. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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.






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