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Programming Languages

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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






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






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






10. The oldest high-level language.






11. 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.






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






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






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






15. Language used primarily for science applications






16. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






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






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






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






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






26. The language of the Department of Defense






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






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






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






30. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






36. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






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






38. 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






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






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






41. The most widely used language for business applications






42. 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






43. Basic command - directory of files: _________






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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.






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