The First Programming Languages

Front

In our previous simple program, the first four bits of an instruction was our ___

Back

opcode

Front

In our previous simple program, the second set of four bits defined ___

Back

the memory location

Front

English and Morse Code can convey the same message, they’re just ___

Back

encoded differently

Front

Which method of encoding a message only uses dots and dashes?

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Morse Code

Front

Computer hardware can only handle what kind of instructions?

Back

binary

Front

The binary “language” computer processors natively speak is called Machine Code or ___

Back

Machine Language

Front

An informal, high-level description of a program is called ___

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Pseudo-Code

Front

Pseudo-Code can be translated into binary machine code by hand, using things like ___

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opcode tables

Front

In the 1940's and 50's, opcodes were given simple names, called mnemonics, which were followed by ___

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operands

Front

A utility program that reads in text-based instructions and converts them into binary instructions is called ___

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an assembler