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Programming Languages

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






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






3. 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






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. The most widely used language for business applications






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






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






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






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






32. 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.






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






34. 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.






35. 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






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






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






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






39. 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.






40. 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.






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






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






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






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






45. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format






46. 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






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






48. Language used primarily for science applications






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






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