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Programming Languages

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1. 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






2. The most widely used language for business applications






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






14. The oldest high-level language.






15. The language of the Department of Defense






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format






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






24. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






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






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






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






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






29. 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






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






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






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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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






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






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






49. Basic command - directory of files: _________






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