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Programming Languages

Subject : it-skills
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1. An _________ is used to translate a program into machine code every time the program is run






2. 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






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






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






5. 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






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






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






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






9. 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






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






11. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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






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






19. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format






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






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






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






23. The oldest high-level language.






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






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






26. 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.






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






28. 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.






29. 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.






30. 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






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






32. Language used primarily for science applications






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






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






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






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






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






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






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