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26 Cards in this Set
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What is a high level language that is used for business applications?
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COBOL
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wordy, written in sentences and paragraphs
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What does "OOP" stand for?
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Object oriented programming
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combines data and related instructions
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Syntax
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rules
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govern how words are used together
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Which language is frequently used to develop application software?
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C++
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a version of C
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This language that contains verbs and nouns.
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High-level language
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Third generation language
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This language is used as a tool for teaching programming; it includes highly structured syntax.
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Pascal
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Named after Blaise Pascal
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A detailed set of instructions that tell the computer exactly what to do
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computer program
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means the same as software
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What does "4GLs" stand for?
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Fourth generation languages
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is results-oriented and can be used by nonprogrammers
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What does an application generator do?
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enables you to build working programs
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program builder
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What generation of languages contains nouns and verbs:
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Third generation
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a high-level language
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What does "inherit" mean?
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reuse items from existing objects
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similar to you inheriting something
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Assigns a text abbreviation to each machine instruction
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assembly language
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low-level language
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Nonprocedural means
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programmer communicates the task to be done
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focuses on tasks instead of steps required to perform task
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Fortran was released in what year?
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1957
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first high level language
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What does the acronym "HTML" stand for?
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hypertext markup language
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it is not really a programming language
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A computer language is a way of
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communicating with a computer
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input, process, output
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What high level language was designed to be easy for students to learn and use?
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BASIC
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we will be using it this year
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Who is Blaise Pascal?
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a mathematician
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The Pascal language is named after him
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Java is used to
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develop programs over the Internet
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developed by Sun Microsystems
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What is a set of written words and symbols that has meaning to a computer?
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programming language
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similar to what humans use to communicate with
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Most Unix operating systems are written in what language?
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C
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a high level language originally designed to write system software
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This term means a program can run on different computer platfors without modification
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portability
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this is one of the criteria for deciding which programming language to use
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This Java program can be included in a web page and viewed using a web browser
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applet
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it is often used to add animation
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As computer have become more sophisticated, programming languages have become more
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user-friendly
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easy to use
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Computers with different _____ have different machine languages.
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processors
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located in the CPU
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Assembly language programs are converted into machine language using a ______.
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compiler
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used to run/test programs
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