machine language
noun
1
: the set of symbolic instruction codes usually in binary form that is used to represent operations and data in a machine (such as a computer)
called also machine code
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Instead of humans learning machine languages, machines now understand ours.
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Arafat Kabir, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
Businesses are well aware of this risk, of course, which is why Zscaler reported that 59.9% of all AI and machine language transactions were blocked by enterprises according to its analysis of some 536.5 billion such transactions between February 2024 and December 202 in the Zscaler cloud.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
But since every computer spoke its own unique machine language and had its own way of storing and retrieving data, none of these machines could talk to each other.
—Jeremy Reimer, Ars Technica, 29 Apr. 2024
Since December, though, Clarke has been overwhelmed with entries that clearly have been written by tools that use GPT-3, machine language software developed by the company OpenAI.
—Scott Nover, Quartz, 22 Feb. 2023
What’s machine language?
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 19 June 2020
Still, games have spurred machine language understanding, even before Jeopardy.
—Andrew Moseman, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2011
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Arafat Kabir, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
Businesses are well aware of this risk, of course, which is why Zscaler reported that 59.9% of all AI and machine language transactions were blocked by enterprises according to its analysis of some 536.5 billion such transactions between February 2024 and December 202 in the Zscaler cloud.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
But since every computer spoke its own unique machine language and had its own way of storing and retrieving data, none of these machines could talk to each other.
—Jeremy Reimer, Ars Technica, 29 Apr. 2024
Since December, though, Clarke has been overwhelmed with entries that clearly have been written by tools that use GPT-3, machine language software developed by the company OpenAI.
—Scott Nover, Quartz, 22 Feb. 2023
What’s machine language?
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 19 June 2020
Still, games have spurred machine language understanding, even before Jeopardy.
—Andrew Moseman, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2011
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“Machine language.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/machine%20language. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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