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Programming Languages

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1. Language used primarily for science applications






2. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format






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






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






5. The most widely used language for business applications






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






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






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






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. Basic command - directory of files: _________






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






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






14. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






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






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






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






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






19. 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






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






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






22. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. The oldest high-level language.






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






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






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






34. 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






35. 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






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






37. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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.






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






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







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