Programming Languages Overview Quiz

Tools enabling humans to communicate instructions to computers.

Binary code (1s and 0s) that computers directly understand.

Any language that computers can interpret, including machine code.

A step-by-step procedure for solving a problem.

A programming language that is designed to be easily understood by humans.

The process of converting human-readable code into machine code.

To allow humans to write instructions that solve specific problems in a machine-readable form.

They offer standard ways to express algorithms and facilitate collaboration among programmers.

Determining if a string follows a specific language's rules and, if so, identifying its structure according to a language's grammar. This is done using a parser program.

An early language used by scientists, mathematicians, and engineers in both academia and industry.

Still used in industry, historically the main language for business and mainframe systems.

Increasingly used in fields like virtual environments and natural language processing.

Developed as a teaching language, but not considered a primary development language.

Languages like Smalltalk and Java used in place of Pascal for teaching.

Tools (like Visual Basic, Delphi) for quick prototyping and iterative development processes.

ActiveX, JavaScript, and VBScript are common for web development.

The characteristics or properties of an object, representing what it knows.

The actions or functions an object can perform.

A car object has properties like engine type, make, model, and color, and actions such as accelerating, braking.

A dog object has properties like name, breed, color, and hunger, and can take actions such as barking, fetching.

A programming concept to represent things in the real world, having both state and behavior.

Objects can be physical, representations of reality or tangible things in the real world.

Object can be either "passive", which means it does nothing until activated, or "active", which means it constantly monitors conditions and reacts accordingly.

Objects are not values, processes, or time.

Characteristics of a computer, such as brand, model, hard drive size, and processor speed.

Actions a computer can perform, including playing games, using CDs, sending emails, browsing the web, and playing music.

A way to design software using classes and objects, making it easier to create and reuse code.

A class is a blueprint or model for creating objects, which are specific instances.

The characteristics or data of an object, such as memory size, graphics card type.

Actions or functions that an object can perform, such as playing games or sending emails.

Grouping objects that share similar attributes and behaviours into classes.

Describing the attributes (data) and behaviours (operations) of a class.

Different categories of data a variable can store, like numbers, letters, or true/false values.

Descriptive labels used to identify variables, helping programmers understand the data they represent.

Rules that determine the sequence in which calculations are performed, ensuring consistent results.

Instructions executed in a linear order, one after the other, like following a recipe.

Code that allows programs to choose between different actions based on conditions.

A specific type of selection control structure that efficiently handles multiple choices.

Operators used to compare values and evaluate conditions (e.g., greater than, less than, equal to).

Code that repeatedly executes a block of instructions, often until a specific condition is met.

A loop that executes its code block as long as a given condition remains true.

A loop that executes a code block a specific number of times, regardless of any condition.

A simplified, informal language used to plan and describe algorithms before writing actual code. It's like a rough outline for the program.

The actual program written in a specific programming language. It's the instructions that the computer can finally understand.

The process of converting human-readable source code into machine code that the computer can understand.

A diagram used to visually represent the steps in an algorithm. It shows the flow of the program's logic.

Data that is entered into the program from a user or another source. It's like feeding information into the program.

The operations performed on the input data by the program. It's the 'work' the program does.

Results produced by the program based on the input and processing. It's what the program gives back to the user.