The difference between Assembly language and Machine code

When used as nouns, assembly language means a programming language in which the source code of programs is composed of mnemonic instructions, each of which corresponds directly to a machine instruction for a particular processor, whereas machine code means a system of instructions and data directly understandable by a computer's central processing unit.


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  1. Assembly language as a noun (computer languages):

    A programming language in which the source code of programs is composed of mnemonic instructions, each of which corresponds directly to a machine instruction for a particular processor.

    Examples:

    "A skilled programmer can write very fast code in assembly language."

  1. Machine code as a noun (computer science):

    A system of instructions and data directly understandable by a computer's central processing unit.

  2. Machine code as a noun (computer science):

    Machine language instructions that can be executed directly by a computer's central processing unit.

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