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Programming Languages

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






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






3. 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.






4. 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.






5. Basic command - directory of files: _________






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






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






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






9. 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.






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






11. The most widely used language for business applications






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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






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






20. The program that translate a source program (high level language) into an object program.






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






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






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






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






25. The oldest high-level language.






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






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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format






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






43. 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






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






45. 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






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






47. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






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






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






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