machine language
nounDefinition 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
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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 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'machine language.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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