The difference between Machine code and Machine language

When used as nouns, machine code means a system of instructions and data directly understandable by a computer's central processing unit, whereas machine language means the set of instructions that a particular computer is designed to execute.

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  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.

  1. Machine language as a noun (programming):

    The set of instructions that a particular computer is designed to execute; generated from an assembly language by an assembler, or from a high-level language by a compiler or interpreter.

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