machine code

/məˌʃin ˈkoʊd/
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Other forms: machine codes

Definitions of machine code
  1. noun
    a set of instructions coded so that the computer can use it directly without further translation
    synonyms: machine language
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    type of:
    code, computer code
    (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions
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