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Programming Languages

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1. 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.






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






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






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






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






6. The language of the Department of Defense






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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.






21. The oldest high-level language.






22. 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






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






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






25. The most widely used language for business applications






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






38. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format






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






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






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






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






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






44. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






45. Language used primarily for science applications






46. 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.






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






48. 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






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






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