MACHINE LANGUAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does machine language mean? 

• MACHINE LANGUAGE (noun)
  The noun MACHINE LANGUAGE has 2 senses:

1. a programming language designed for use on a specific class of computers

2. a set of instructions coded so that the computer can use it directly without further translation

  Familiarity information: MACHINE LANGUAGE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MACHINE LANGUAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A programming language designed for use on a specific class of computers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

computer-oriented language; computer language; machine-oriented language; machine language

Hypernyms ("machine language" is a kind of...):

programing language; programming language ((computer science) a language designed for programming computers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A set of instructions coded so that the computer can use it directly without further translation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

machine code; machine language

Hypernyms ("machine language" is a kind of...):

code; computer code ((computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions)