Exam 9: Introduction to High-Level Language Programming

Briefly present the function of the following components of an IDE: text editor, file system, language translator, and debugger.

The object code for a task that needs to be performed often can be stored in a(n) ____.

Machine language is also known as ____ code.

____ allows miscommunications between the user and the programmer to be identified and corrected early in the development process.

A ____ stores and fetches values to and from memory cells.

____ takes place on each module (subtask code) as it is completed.

____ includes online tutorials or help systems that the user can bring up while the program is running, and (less often) written user's manuals.

The program implementation phase is the time to plan how it is to be done._________________________

Newer languages such as Java and C# were developed specifically to run on a variety of hardware platforms without the need for a separate ____________________ for each type of machine.

In assembly language, the programmer must take a microscopic view of a task, breaking it down into tiny subtasks at the level of what is going on in individual ____.

Each low-level language supports if statements and while loops._________________________

Ada, Java, C++ and C# require a ____ to terminate an executable program statement.

The software translator used to convert our high-level language instructions into machine language instructions is called a(n) ____.

High-level language instructions are known as ____ code.

____ were created to overcome the deficiencies of assembly language.

Discuss documentation at length, including definitions of all the different types.

List four disadvantages of assembly language.

Most programming languages are now presented within an ____.

The ____ evaluates a proposed project and compares the costs and benefits of various solutions.

Machine language can use the notation --, //, or # to denote a program comment.