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Programming Languages

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






2. The oldest high-level language.






3. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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.






24. The language of the Department of Defense






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






37. 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






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






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






40. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format






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






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






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






44. The most widely used language for business applications






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






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






48. 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






49. 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.






50. Basic command - directory of files: _________