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Programming Languages

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






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






3. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






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






5. The language of the Department of Defense






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






16. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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.






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






25. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






26. 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






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






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






29. 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






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






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






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






33. Basic command - directory of files: _________






34. Language used primarily for science applications






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






36. 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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






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






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






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






45. 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.






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






47. The oldest high-level language.






48. 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






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






50. The most widely used language for business applications