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Programming Languages

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






2. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format






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






19. 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.






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






21. 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






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






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






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






25. Basic command - directory of files: _________






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






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






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






29. 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






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






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






32. Language used primarily for science applications






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






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






35. 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.






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






37. 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.






38. The most widely used language for business applications






39. The oldest high-level language.






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






41. The language of the Department of Defense






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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






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