machine language

noun

Computers.

1. a coding system built into the hardware of a computer, requiring no translation before being run.

machine language

1. The set of instructions, encoded as strings of binary bits, interpreted directly by a computer's central processing unit. Each different type of central processing unit has its own machine language. For a given machine language, each unique combination of 1's and 0's in an instruction has a unique interpretation, including such operations as arithmetical operations, incrementing a counter, saving data to memory, testing if data has a certain value, and so on. Computer programs are rarely written directly in machine language; instead, higher-level programming languages are used.

2. See more at programming language

Example Sentences

For those recently laid off, getting up to speed on machine language learning and other in-demand AI skills isn’t as daunting as one might think.

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Compilers essentially translate human language into machine language.

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Every once in a while Festus the figurehead creaked and squeaked through the speakers, reporting the autopilot status in that weird machine language that only Leo could understand.

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But many such systems have their own controls and machine languages, which can make it difficult for them to “talk” to one another.

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That’s their fundamental machine language as to manipulate bits of information.

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