machine code

noun

Meaning

A system of instructions and data directly understandable by a computer's central processing unit.
Machine language instructions that can be executed directly by a computer's central processing unit.

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Related words

machine language(English)microcode(English)computer code(English)machine instruction(English)executable code(English)code(English)managed code(English)native code(English)

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