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machine code
noun [C or U] (also machine language) ITDefinition
› the basic language used to give instructions to a computer, consisting only of numbers: The program has been written in machine code. Z-80 machine code is fairly easy to write.
(Definition of machine code noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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