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Programming Languages

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1. The most widely used language for business applications






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






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






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






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






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






7. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format






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






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






10. Basic command - directory of files: _________






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






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






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






14. 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






15. The language of the Department of Defense






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






17. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






23. 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






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






25. 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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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






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






35. The oldest high-level language.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






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