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High-level programming languages were created to overcome the deficiencies of _______ language.

A) compiling
B) assembly
C) object
D) link

E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

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A program written in a(n)procedural language consists of sequences of statements that manipulate data items. _________________________

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____ is the process of translating the detailed designs into computer code.

Rapid prototyping allows _______ between the user and the programmer to be identified and corrected early in the development process.

Individual assembly language statements, though easier to read, can be no more powerful than the underlying ____________________.

The availability of the appropriate compiler guarantees that a program developed on one type of machine can be compiled on a different type of machine.

In early programming languages, conserving machine resources was not an issue.

Machine language is also known as ____ code.

If anything is changed on an already-tested module, regression testing is done to be sure that this change hasn't introduced a new error into code that was previously correct.

What is the purpose of the feasibility study?

The ______ code for a task that needs to be performed often can be stored in a code library

Procedural languages are also called ____ languages.

Which language does NOT require a semicolon to terminate an executable program statement?

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 ____.

The programmer's task is to devise the appropriate step-by-step sequence of "imperative commands" that, when carried out by the computer, accomplish the desired task.

Program maintenance, the process of adapting an existing software product, may consume as much as 85% of the total software development life cycle budget.

Imperative commands are instructions in the _______.

Assembly language programs are ____ specific.

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

The ____________________ computer architecture is characterized by sequential fetch-decode-execute cycles.