FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING FUNDAMENTALS

WHAT IS PROGRAMMING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which generation of languages started in the 1950s?
A
First
B
Second
C
Third
D
Fourth
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Second Generation: Assembly Language Nearly all computer systems have an assembly language available for use. Assembly language was developed in the mid-1950s and was considered a great leap forward because it uses mnemonic codes, or easy-to-remember abbreviations, rather than numbers.

Detailed explanation-2: -Third generation languages (3GLs). Some examples of 3GLs are BASIC, COBOL, Pascal, Fortran, C, C++, Perl and Ada. One of the latest languages to hit the market is called JAVA.

Detailed explanation-3: -Also known as a “3GL, ” it refers to a high-level programming language such as FORTRAN, COBOL, BASIC, Pascal and C. It is a step above assembly language and a step below a fourth-generation language (4GL). For an example of the difference between a 3GL and a 4GL, see fourth-generation language.

Detailed explanation-4: -Third generation computers were computers that emerged due to the development of the integrated circuit (IC). They were the first steps toward computers as we know them today. Their main feature was the use of integrated circuits, which allowed them to be shrunk down to be as small as large toasters.

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