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machine language — ➔ language * * * machine language UK US noun [C or U] IT ► MACHINE CODE(Cf. ↑machine code) … Financial and business terms
Machine language — Language Lan guage, n. [OE. langage, F. langage, fr. L. lingua the tongue, hence speech, language; akin to E. tongue. See {Tongue}, cf. {Lingual}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Any means of conveying or communicating ideas; specifically, human speech; the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
machine language — n. (Computers) a set of instructions[3] in a binary form that can be executed directly by the CPU of a computer without translation by a computer program. Syn: machine code, binary code. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
machine language — n. a computer language, entirely in binary digits representing instructions and information, used directly by a computer without translation … English World dictionary
machine language — Computers. a coding system built into the hardware of a computer, requiring no translation before being run. * * * or machine code Elemental language of computers, consisting of a string of 0s and 1s. Because machine language is the lowest level… … Universalium
machine language — noun 1. a programming language designed for use on a specific class of computers • Syn: ↑computer language, ↑computer oriented language, ↑machine oriented language • Hypernyms: ↑programming language, ↑programing language 2. a set … Useful english dictionary
machine language — The native binary language used internally by the computer; also known as machine code. Machine language is difficult for humans to read and understand. Programmers create applications using high level languages, which are translated into a … Dictionary of networking
machine language — kompiuterinė kalba statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. absolute language; actual language; computer language; machine language vok. Maschinensprache, f; Rechnersprache, f rus. машинный язык, m; язык машинных кодов, m pranc. langage… … Automatikos terminų žodynas
Machine Language — A language for instructing a computer which is easy for a computer to interpret because each machine language instruction is encoded in binary (i.e. 0s and 1s) and can be directly used as a machine level instruction by the computer. See also… … International financial encyclopaedia
machine language — noun The set of instructions that a particular computer is designed to execute; generated from a high level language by an assembler, compiler or interpreter Though machine language is efficient for computers, it is inefficient for programmers.… … Wiktionary
machine language — machine′ lan guage n. cmp a usu. numerical coding system specific to the hardware of a given computer model, into which any high level or assembly program must be translated before being run … From formal English to slang
