Exam 2: The Javascript Language

An expression using the + operator between two variables assigned with the prompt() statement concatenates the variables as strings instead of performing arithmetic addition on them.

A computer that stores and sends out Web pages on the Internet is called a ____.

JavaScript was first known as Mocha.

A number entered in a text box is stored as a numeric variable.

Credit for the development of JavaScript goes to Bill Gates of Microsoft Corporation.

The second generation of programming languages came to be known as "high-level" languages because statements could be expressed more closely to the way people think than the way the computer "thinks."

The Java language was enhanced in the 1980s to incorporate object-oriented programming (OOP).

HTML uses a system of tags to identify sections of a Web page.

Interpreted programs can be modified and tested immediately.

A ____ is a code module that returns a value.

The collection of HTML pages stored, transmitted, and displayed on the Internet is known as the ____.

Which of the following statements outputs the following? This is line 1. This is line 2.

____ programs are free of syntax errors and they run faster than interpreted programs (because they are already in machine executable form).

JavaScript has no separate declaration for constants, so constants are declared as variables.

A register is a short-term memory location in the processor.

____ are segments of program code that another program runs.

____ consisted of machine languages, written in binary code and executed by the computer's processor.

____ is a markup language, meaning it describes the layout of a Web page onscreen.

Complete programs that are translated into complete machine-executable programs are said to be ____.

JavaScript programs are compiled and run separately as standalone programs.