machine language

noun

Definition of machine language

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

2 : assembly language

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The worst case came when the editors decided to print your platform's code that month as machine language, which made the whole process almost eye-stabbingly horrible. — Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, "First encounter: COMPUTE! magazine and its glorious, tedious type-in code," 25 Nov. 2018 The 18-year-old Clark had experience disassembling Xbox games—reverse-engineering their code from machine language into a programming language. — Brendan I. Koerner, WIRED, "The Young and the Reckless," 17 Apr. 2018 Reply will probably be an extension of this API but with single-tap machine language input instead of with a voice or keyboard. — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, "Google experiment writes IM replies for you, lets you send them with a tap," 14 Feb. 2018 For the machine language of computers this was no longer true. — George Dyson, WSJ, "The Elegance of Ones and Zeroes," 21 July 2017

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