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title: "What is Machine code?"  
description: "What is Machine code?"  
author: "Allen Scott"  
published: 2017-11-13  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/30469/what-is-machine-code  
category: "programming"  
tags: ["software", "testing"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is Machine code?

What is Machine [code](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/87881/learning-to-code-in-your-30s-where-to-begin)?

## Answers

### Answer by Arti Mishra

**Machine Code** Machine code is a **set of instruction** which **written in machine language (0 & 1 format)** and it is directly executed by the CPU. Each instruction performs a specific type of task like loading data, initialize different type of task and also perform ALU operations. \
In other way you can also say this, it is **executable instruction** running on computer system programs and different type of application. Machine code is also known as machine language that **convert the low level source code to high level source code** and only understood by the machine. **\****Example Machine Code** 0010011010011001 1101010011100101 1100010101001010 0100101101010010 1101011000101100 \


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