Definition of "machine language" []

• A set of instructions for a specific central processing unit, designed to be usable by a computer without being translated. Also called machine code. (noun)

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• "Fylstra loaned an AppleII to them as a platform on which to develop a more full-featured (and faster) machine language version of Bricklin's program."