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Definition: Machine Code |
Machine CodeNoun1. A set of instructions coded so that the computer can use it directly without further translation. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Computing | Machine code The representation of a computer program which is actually read and interpreted by the computer. A program in machine code consists of a sequence of machine instructions (possibly interspersed with data). Instructions are binary strings which may be either all the same size (e.g. one 32-bit word for many modern RISC microprocessors) or of different sizes, in which case the size of the instruction is determined from the first word (e.g. Motorola 68000) or byte (e.g. Inmos transputer). The collection of all possible instructions for a particular computer is known as its "instruction set". Execution of machine code may either be hard-wired into the central processing unit or it may be controlled by microcode. The basic execution cycle consists of fetching the next instruction from main memory, decoding it (determining which operation it specifies and the location of any arguments) and executing it by opening various gates (e.g. to allow data to flow from main memory into a CPU register) and enabling functional units (e.g. signalling to the ALU to perform an addition). Humans almost never write programs directly in machine code. Instead, they use a programming language which is translated by the computer into machine code. The simplest kind of programming language is assembly language which usually has a one-to-one correspondence with the resulting machine code instructions but allows the use of mnemonics (ASCII strings) for the "op codes" (the part of the instruction which encodes the basic type of operation to perform) and names for locations in the program (branch labels) and for variables and constants. (1995-02-15). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
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Synonym: Machine CodeSynonym: machine language (n). (additional references) |
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machine code | 17 |
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| Language | Translations for "machine code"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 機械碼 . (various references) | |
Danish | maskinordrekode (computer code, computer instruction code, machine language), maskinkode (computer code, computer instruction code, machine language), datamaskinkode (computer code, computer instruction code, machine language). (various references) | |
Dutch | machinecode (computer code, computer instruction code, machine language), computercode (computer code, computer instruction code, machine language). (various references) | |
French | code des instructions d'un ordinateur (machine language). (various references) | |
German | maschinencode (absolute code, actual code, computer code, computer instruction code, machine language, machine-code, object code). (various references) | |
Greek | Κώδικας υπολογιστή (computer code, computer instruction code, machine language), κώδικασ μηχανήσ, κώδικας μηχανής (computer code, computer instruction code, machine language). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | achinemay odecay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | código-máquina (computer code, computer instruction code, machine language), código de máquina (computer code, computer instruction code, machine language), código de instruções de um computador (computer code, computer instruction code, machine language), código de instrução (computer code, computer instruction code, machine language), código de computador (computer code, computer instruction code, machine language). (various references) | |
Spanish | código máquina (computer code, computer instruction code, machine language). (various references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-d-e-e-h-i-m-n-o" | |
-2 letters: macedoine. | |
-3 letters: anechoic, chicaned, coachmen, comedian, daemonic, demoniac, echidnae, machined, mechanic. | |
-4 letters: amidone, cadence, cameoed, chained, chanced, chicane, chicano, cinched, coached, cocaine, codeina, codeine, comedic, concede, conchae, conchie, demonic, echidna, ecocide, encomia, endemic, haemoid, headmen, hedonic, macchie, machine, menaced, monacid, monadic, nomadic, oceanic. | |
-5 letters: accede, achene, acnode, aedine, aeonic, aidmen, anemic, anodic, anomic, anomie, cached, cadmic, camion, canoed, chaine, chance, chemic, chimed, chined, choice, cinema, cocain, cochin, codeia, codein, cohead, coined, comade, concha, daemon, daimen, daimon, deacon, decane, demean, domain, domine, echoed, echoic, edenic, emodin, encode, haemic, haemin, hemoid, hoiden, honied, iceman, icemen, inched, income, maiden, manche, manioc, meanie, mediae, median, medico, medina, menace, miched, minced, moaned, modica, monied, niched, oedema, omened. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 63 68 69 6E 65 43 6F 64 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01100011 01101000 01101001 01101110 01100101 00100000 01000011 01101111 01100100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a c h i n e   C o d e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 0063 0068 0069 006E 0065 0043 006F 0064 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)47676974758071237817071 |
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