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| BASIC | simple, interactive, problem-solving language often used in introductory courses |
| Visual Basic | Windows-based application designed to assist in developing even-driven applications |
| COBOL | common business oriented langauge. Developed jointly with the US government, businesses, and major Universities |
| C | originally designed as a language to write systems software, used most often with UNIX |
| C++ | Developed in the 1980s at bell labs, is an object-oriented programming language. An extension of C programming language |
| FORTRAN | one of the first high-level languages; originally intended for scientic applications |
| Pascal | language developed for the purpose of teaching structured programming concepts |
| Ada | Developed by US Department of Defense, used for military software development |
| RPG | nonprocedural language used to assist businesses in generating reports |
| Java | compiled object-oriented language used to write stand-alone applications |
| JavaScript | interpreted scripting language that allows you to add functionality to web pages by inserting code |
| HTML | specific formatting language used to create web pages |
| DHTML | newer type of HTML that allows more graphical interest and interactivity |
| XML | more versitile that HTML, allows authors to create customized tags |
| Dead code | a code or instruction that a program never executes |
| Syntax | set of grammar or rules that specifies how to write instructions |
| Debugging | process of locating and correcting syntax and logic errors in a program |
| computer program | set of instructions that directs a computer to perform the tasks necessary to process data into information |
| programming language | set of words, symbols, and codes used to create instructions a computer can process |
| Top-down design | breaks down the original set of program specifications into smaller, or manageable sections |
