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Programming Languages

Subject : it-skills
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1. A Language with good error diagnostics - is easy to use and has real-time coding






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






3. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format






4. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






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






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






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






8. 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






9. The language of the Department of Defense






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






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






12. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






22. Language used primarily for science applications






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






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






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






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. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Basic command - directory of files: _________