Thursday, July 30, 2009

machine language

Machine language:
Machine language is the actual bits used to control the processor in the computer, usually viewed as a sequence of hexadecimal numbers (typically bytes). The processor reads these bits in from program memory, and the bits represent "instructions" as to what to do next.
Thus machine language provides a way of entering instructions into a computer (whether through switches, punched tape, or a binary file).

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