Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
FORTRAN - CORRECT ANSWER - High-level language developed by John Backus &
IBM in 1954.
Metalanguage Syntax - CORRECT ANSWER - Syntax rules determining valid character
strings in a language.
Translator - CORRECT ANSWER - Program translating code from one language to
another.
Semantics - CORRECT ANSWER - Meaning of an expression in programming.
Univac Compiling System - CORRECT ANSWER - Compilation systems led by Grace
Hopper at UNIVAC.
Computer Programming - CORRECT ANSWER - Process of writing, testing, and
maintaining code.
Artificial Language - CORRECT ANSWER - Simpler syntax rules for programming
languages.
Programming Language - CORRECT ANSWER - Vocabulary and rules for computer
instructions.
Natural Language - CORRECT ANSWER - Complex language rules like English.
LISP - CORRECT ANSWER - Language for AI research created by John McCarthy.