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Programming Languages

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






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






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






4. 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.






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






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






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






8. The language of the Department of Defense






9. 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.






10. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format






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






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






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






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






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






16. The oldest high-level language.






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






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






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






20. 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






21. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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






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






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






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






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






35. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






36. 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.






37. 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






38. Basic command - directory of files: _________






39. 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






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






41. Language used primarily for science applications






42. The most widely used language for business applications






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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