COMPUTER PROGRAMMING FUNDAMENTALS
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
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Question
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Define what is meant by machine code
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A language read by the CPU that uses 0s and 1s
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A language like Python that uses language close to that used by humans.
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A language that uses mnemoics such as LOAD, ADD and STORE
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None of the above
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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: -That language of 1’s and 0’s is called binary. Computers speak in binary because of how they are built.
Detailed explanation-3: -The CPU runs instructions using a “fetch-execute” cycle: the CPU gets the first instruction in the sequence, executes it (adding two numbers or whatever), then fetches the next instruction and executes it, and so on.
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