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Programming Languages

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






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






3. 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






4. Basic command - directory of files: _________






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






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






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






8. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






9. 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






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






11. The oldest high-level language.






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






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






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






15. The language of the Department of Defense






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






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






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






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






20. 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.






21. Language used primarily for science applications






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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.






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






31. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






49. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






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