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Programming Languages

Subject : it-skills
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1. Basic command - directory of files: _________






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






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






4. The most widely used language for business applications






5. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






22. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






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






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






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






33. The language of the Department of Defense






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






35. 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.






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






41. The oldest high-level language.






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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






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






50. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches