| machine language n. A set of instructions for a specific central processing unit, designed to be usable by a computer without being translated. Also called machine code. |
| machine language The set of instructions, encoded as strings of binary bits, interpreted directly by a computer's central processing unit. Each different type of central processing unit has its own machine language. For a given machine language, each unique combination of 1's and 0's in an instruction has a unique interpretation, including such operations as arithmetical operations, incrementing a counter, saving data to memory, testing if data has a certain value, and so on. Computer programs are rarely written directly in machine language; instead, higher-level programming languages are used. See more at programming language. |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  machine language - a programming language designed for use on a specific class of computersprograming language, programming language - (computer science) a language designed for programming computers |
| 2. |  machine language - a set of instructions coded so that the computer can use it directly without further translationcomputer code, code - (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions |
Translations
machine language n (Comput) → linguaggio m macchina inv
machine language n (Comput) → linguaggio m macchina inv
machine language n (Comput) → linguaggio m macchina inv
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