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Programming Languages

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1. 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.






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






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






4. The most widely used language for business applications






5. 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






6. 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.






7. In machine language purpose of a _________ _________ is to signify which register to use when computational procedures are required






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






22. 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.






23. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Basic command - directory of files: _________






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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






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






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






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






43. 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






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






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






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






47. The oldest high-level language.






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






49. Language used primarily for science applications






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