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                                                   Machine code (Machine language)


Machine code is a computer language used by CPU of a computer to run computer programs.

Machine code of digital computers consist of two numbers, 1 and 0.
All instructions of a machine code only contain one of above mentioned digits or a combination of them.

All computer programs should change into machine code before being executed by CPU, as it is the only language that a computer CPU can understand and work with.
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