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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. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






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






10. 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






11. 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






12. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






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






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






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






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






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






18. Language used primarily for science applications






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. The language of the Department of Defense






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






35. The most widely used language for business applications






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 assembly language: operand and _________ _________ and name






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






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






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






41. 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.






42. The oldest high-level language.






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






44. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format






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






46. 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.






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






48. Basic command - directory of files: _________






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






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