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Programming Languages

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






2. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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






11. 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






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






13. 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.






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






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






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






17. 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






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






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






20. The language of the Department of Defense






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






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






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






33. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Basic command - directory of files: _________






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






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






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






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






46. 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






47. The oldest high-level language.






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






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






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