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Programming Languages

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






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






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






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






5. 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






6. 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.






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






8. Basic command - directory of files: _________






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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.






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






17. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. The language of the Department of Defense






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






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






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






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






30. Language used primarily for science applications






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






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






33. 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






34. 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






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






36. The oldest high-level language.






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






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






39. The most widely used language for business applications






40. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






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






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






43. 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






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






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






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






47. 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






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






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






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