COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

COMPUTER SOFTWARE

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

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Which of the following lists the evolution of programming languages in the correct order?
A
Procedural, non-procedural, object oriented, machine, assembler
B
machine, assembler, procedural, non-procedural, object oriented
C
machine, procedural, assembler, non-procedural, object oriented
D
machine, assembler, object oriented, procedural, non-procedural
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1949, a few years after Von Neumann’s work, the language Short Code appeared (www.byte.com). It was the first computer language for electronic devices and it required the programmer to change its statements into 0’s and 1’s by hand. Still, it was the first step towards the complex languages of today.

Detailed explanation-2: -Program development life cycle (PDLC) The process containing the five phases of program development: analyzing, designing, coding, debugging and testing, and implementing and maintaining application software.

Detailed explanation-3: -1843: Ada Lovelace’s machine algorithm. 1944-45: Plankalkül. 1949: Assembly Language. 1949: Shortcode. 1952: Autocode. 1957: FORTRAN. 1958: ALGOL (Algorithmic Language) 1958: LISP (List Processor) More items •05-Aug-2020

Detailed explanation-4: -1843 – Ada Lovelace programs for Charles Babbage’s analytical engine. 1949 – Assembly becomes first widely-used programming language type. 1952 – Autocode becomes first compiled computer programming language. More items

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