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In our previous simple program, the first four bits of an instruction was our ___
memory location
opcode
Morse code instruction
binary address
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In our previous simple program, the second set of four bits defined ___
the memory location
the opcode
the register address
dots and dashes
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English and Morse Code can convey the same message, they’re just ___
variants of machine language
inverted from one other
encoded differently
at a different memory location
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Which method of encoding a message only uses dots and dashes?
binary
Morse Code
Pseudo-Code
Fortran
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Computer hardware can only handle what kind of instructions?
Pseudo-Code
binary
Fortran
Cobol
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The binary “language” computer processors natively speak is called Machine Code or ___
OpCode
Pseudo-Code
Machine Language
Cobol
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An informal, high-level description of a program is called ___
Pseudo-Code
OpCode
binary instructions
Machine Language
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Pseudo-Code can be translated into binary machine code by hand, using things like ___
ballistic range tables
opcode tables
slide rules
Morse Code
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In the 1940's and 50's, opcodes were given simple names, called mnemonics, which were followed by ___
Morse Code
arguments
operands
constants
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A utility program that reads in text-based instructions and converts them into binary instructions is called ___
an assembler
a mnemonics
an algortithm
a converter
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An assembler does away with raw jump addresses, and lets you insert little ___
run-time errors
constants
variables
labels
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Dr. Grace Hopper, a US naval officer, was one of the first programmers on which electromechanical computer?
the Harvard Mark 1
the ENIAC
the Commodore 64
the Tandy TRS-80
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In what year was the Harvard Mark 1 completed?
1914
1924
1934
1944
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Dr. Grace Hopper designed a high-level programming language called “Arithmetic Language Version 0”, or __
A-0 for short
AL for short
AL-0 for short
ALV-0 for short
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In 1952, who built the first compiler for the A-0 programming language?
John Backus
Dr. Grace Hopper
John von Neumann
Alan Turing
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In a programming language, memory locations are created using abstractions known as ___
mnemonics
operands
variables
labels
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Which programming language, released in 1957, came to dominate early computer programming?
A-0
FORTRAN
COBOL
BASIC
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Initially, FORTRAN code could only be compiled and run on which computers?
ENIACs
Harvard Mark 1 variants
IBM computers
HP Computers
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What was the first high-level common programming language that could be used across different machines?
A-0
FORTRAN
COBOL
BASIC
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In which decade were the programming languages ALGOL, LISP and BASIC introduced?
1960's
1970's
1980's
1990's
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Which programming languages were introduced in the 1970's?
ALGOL, LISP and BASIC
Pascal, C and Smalltalk
C++, Objective-C, and Perl
Python, Ruby, and Java
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Which programming languages were introduced in the 1980's?
ALGOL, LISP and BASIC
Pascal, C and Smalltalk
C++, Objective-C, and Perl
Python, Ruby, and Java
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In which decade were the programming languages Python, Ruby, and Java introduced?
1960's
1970's
1980's
1990's
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Which programming languages were introduced in the 2000's?
Swift, C#, and Go
Pascal, C and Smalltalk
C++, Objective-C, and Perl
Python, Ruby, and Java
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It’s extremely likely that the web browser you’re using right now was written in ___
ALGOL or BASIC
Pascal or Smalltalk
Swift or Go
C++ or Objective-C
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Many consider the holy grail of programming to be the use of ___
BASIC
plain old English
Python
JavaScript