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Programming Languages

Subject : it-skills
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1. Components of machine code: 1. register number 2. operation code 3. ___________ ____________






2. 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.






3. 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






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






5. Language used primarily for science applications






6. 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.






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






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






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






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






11. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






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






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






27. Basic command - directory of files: _________






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






36. 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.






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






38. 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






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






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






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






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






43. The language of the Department of Defense






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






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






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






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






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






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






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