unit 2 flashcards

Question 1

assembly language

Answer 1

A computer programming language that uses short letters or words to represent machine code instructions and, in turn, binary code.

Question 2

compliar

Answer 2

a language translator that translates a program completely into an executable program, which can be run on the computer

Question 3

data

Answer 3

numbers representing info that can be stored and processed by a computer.

Question 4

executable program

Answer 4

a program in the form of machine instructions ready to run.

Question 5

function

Answer 5

a sequence of statements that is only written once but can be can be called and rescued whenever necessary.

Question 6

functional language

Answer 6

A programing language based on a functional paradigm in which the overall goal of the program is to evaluate a function.

Question 7

high-level language

Answer 7

A programing language that is close to human language than computer language.

Question 8

integrated development environment (IDE)

Answer 8

a software package that provides resources to programers development in one place.

Question 9

interpreter

Answer 9

a language translator that translates each statement in the language and immediately excuses it

Question 10

low-level language

Answer 10

a programing language that is mostly or entirely machine code or assembly language

Question 11

machine code

Answer 11

an instruction that uses numbers to represent binary strings, making instructions much shorter and giving the programers the ability to reference specific locations in the computer’s memory.

Question 12

object-oriented programming (OOP)

Answer 12

programing using a language based on an object-oriented paradigm, in which the central element is the data objects that are operated on by the program actions.

Question 13

operating system

Answer 13

a special system program that manages the computer software and hardware of a computer.

Question 14

procedural programing

Answer 14

programming using a language based on a procedural paradigm, in which the central element is the actions to be performed.

Question 15

programs

Answer 15

a representation of an algorithm as statement in a programing language or as a set of a machine.

Question 16

`programing language

Answer 16

a langagne that creates codes representing binary numbers which can be understood by computers and humans

Question 17

programing paradigms

Answer 17

The different ways structures institutions depending on different purposes.