What is machine code?
Q: What is machine code?
A: Machine code is a computer program written in machine language, using the instruction set of a particular computer architecture and is usually written in binary.
Q: What is the lowest level of software?
A: Machine code is the lowest level of software.
Q: How are other programming languages executed by computers?
A: Other programming languages are translated into machine code, which the computer can execute.
Q: What does an instruction in machine code consist of?
A: An instruction in machine code consists of an opcode (operation code) and operand(s). The operands are usually memory addresses or data.
Q: What is an instruction set?
A: An instruction set is a list of the opcodes available for a computer.
Q: What do program builders do with code?
A: Program builders turn code into another language or machine code.
Q: What is another name for machine code?
A: Machine code is sometimes called native code, used when talking about things that work on only some computers.
