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Programming Languages

Subject : it-skills
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1. The most widely used language for business applications






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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






9. Basic command - directory of files: _________






10. 8 Bit character encoding used on IBM mainframe operating systems. Alphanumeric data is stored on tape/disk in this format






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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






22. 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






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






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






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






26. Language used primarily for science applications






27. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. The language of the Department of Defense






47. 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.






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






49. 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.






50. 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