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Programming Languages

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1. Another name for Reverse Polish Notation






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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. The most widely used language for business applications






15. 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.






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






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






19. Basic command - directory of files: _________






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






21. Type of error that results in unpredictable program glitches






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






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






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






25. 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






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






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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






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






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






40. The oldest high-level language.






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






42. The language of the Department of Defense






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






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






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






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






47. 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






48. 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






49. Language used primarily for science applications






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