FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

APPLICATION SYSTEM SOFTWARE

SYSTEMS SOFTWARE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The instructions in a form that the processor can execute is called
A
Machine Code
B
Assembly Language
C
High Level Language
D
Complier
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Machine code, also known as machine language, is the elemental language of computers. It is read by the computer’s central processing unit (CPU), is composed of digital binary numbers and looks like a very long sequence of zeros and ones.

Detailed explanation-2: -A CPU executes code through a sequence known as the fetch, decode, execute cycle. Once a piece of code is loaded into RAM, the CPU will fetch its contents one by one, decode the contents into binary through the assembler, and then execute the code.

Detailed explanation-3: -In computer programming, machine code is any low-level programming language, consisting of machine language instructions, which are used to control a computer’s central processing unit (CPU).

Detailed explanation-4: -A set of instructions that directs a computer’s hardware to perform a task is called a program, or software program.

Detailed explanation-5: -The CPU executes a program that is stored as a sequence of machine language instructions in main memory. It does this by repeatedly reading, or fetching, an instruction from memory and then carrying out, or executing, that instruction.

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