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Programming Languages

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1. 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






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






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






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






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






6. 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






7. 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






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






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






10. Language used primarily for science applications






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






12. The language of the Department of Defense






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






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






15. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






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






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






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






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






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






21. The oldest high-level language.






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






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






24. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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






33. 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.






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






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. The most widely used language for business applications