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Programming Languages

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1. The oldest high-level language.






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






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






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






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






6. 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






7. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Basic command - directory of files: _________






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. The most widely used language for business applications






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






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






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






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






29. 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






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






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






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






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






34. 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






35. 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.






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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.






43. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






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






45. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format






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






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






48. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






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






50. 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







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