Machine code
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machine-code-230-20350
title:
Machine code
text:
In computer programming, machine code is computer code consisting of machine language instructions, which are used to control a computer's central processing unit (CPU). For conventional binary computers machine code is "the binary representation of a computer program which is actually read and interpreted by the computer. A program in machine code consists of a sequence of machine instructions." Each machine code instruction causes the CPU to perform a very specific task. A task may be to load
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Lowest level instructions executed by a computer
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_code
date created:
2001-12-06T15:04:16Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T18:38:50Z
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