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Programming Languages

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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






16. 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






17. 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






18. The language of the Department of Defense






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






20. 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






21. 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






22. Basic command - directory of files: _________






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Language used primarily for science applications






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






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






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






43. The most widely used language for business applications






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






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






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






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






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






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.