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Programming Languages

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






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






3. 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






4. Language used primarily for science applications






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






12. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. The language of the Department of Defense






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






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






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






44. 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.






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






46. Basic command - directory of files: _________






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






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






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






50. 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.