MACHINE LANGUAGE
What computers think in. A
programming language for professionals only.
More Detailed Definition:
The lowest-level programming
language (except for computers that utilize programmable
microcode) Machine languages are the only languages understood by
computers. While easily understood by computers, machine languages
are almost impossible for humans to use because they consist
entirely of numbers. Programmers, therefore, use either a
high-level programming language or an assembly language. An
assembly language contains the same instructions as a machine
language, but the instructions and variables have names instead of
being just numbers.
Programs written in high-level languages are translated into
assembly language or machine language by a compiler. Assembly
language programs are translated into machine language by a
program called an assembler.
Every CPU has its own unique machine language. Programs must be
rewritten or recompiled, therefore, to run on different types of
computers.
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