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Programming Languages

Subject : it-skills
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1. The purpose of symbols in assembly language is to represent _________ locations






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






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






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






16. 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






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






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






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






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






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






22. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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.






30. The language of the Department of Defense






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






32. 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.






33. Language used primarily for science applications






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






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






36. The most widely used language for business applications






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






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






39. 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.






40. 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






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






42. 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.






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






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






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






46. 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






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






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






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






50. Basic command - directory of files: _________