Machine Code

Noun · Development

Definitions

  1. The lowest-level representation of a program — raw binary instructions that a CPU can execute directly without any translation or interpretation.

    In plain English: The actual 1s and 0s that the processor chip understands and runs — every programming language eventually gets converted to this.

    Example: "At the end of the day, everything you write becomes machine code. The CPU doesn't speak Python."

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