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15 Cards in this Set
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COBOL
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stands for Common Business Oriented Language and works best for business applications on mainframe computers. It's the most common programming language in the world.
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Computer aided software engineering (CASE) tool
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is a software application that helps prepare reports, draw program flowcharts, and generate software code for prototypes.
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Event-driven language
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responds to actions users perform on the program. It's an event when you click on a button, use a pull-down menu, or scroll down a window.
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Input-process-output (IPO) table
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shows what information a piece of software takes in, how it processes information, and what information it produces.
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Object-oriented programming (OOP)
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is any programming language that uses objects to code software.
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Scripting language
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is an interpreted programming language that works within another application to perform tasks.
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Server-side Web programming
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uses Web server resources to retrieve information, process information, and output customized Web pages.
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Third generation language (3GL)
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is a machine-independent, high-level procedural language that uses human words and symbols to program diverse computer systems.
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Fourth-generation language (4GL)
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is a machine-independent, high-level nonprocedural language that uses human words and symbols to program diverse computer systems.
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Compiler
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simultaneously translates high-level programming languages into machine language. In other words, your 3GL or 4GL is completely translated into machine language all at once.
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Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
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is an interpreted scripting language that works within Microsoft Office applications. For example, you can use VBA in Microsoft Excel to create a payroll spreadsheet macro.
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Macro
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is a scripting language program that executes a task or set of tasks within a software application.
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Machine language
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is a machine-dependent, low-level language that uses binary code to interact with a specific computer system.
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Control structure
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specifies the order in which a computer will execute each line of software code.
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Assembly language
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is a machine-dependent, low-level language that uses words instead of binary numbers to program a specific computer system. Programmers can use words like start or abbreviations like mov (move) to tell the computer what to do.
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