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Programming Languages

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






2. 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.






3. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format






4. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Language used primarily for science applications






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






33. 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






34. 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.






35. 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.






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






37. 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






38. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






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






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






41. The most widely used language for business applications






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






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






44. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






45. 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






46. The language of the Department of Defense






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






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






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






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