machine code

1. 1.

   a set of instructions coded so that the computer can use it directly without further translation

   Synonymsmachine language

   Broadercode

Questions about machine code

What does machine code mean?

machine code means "a set of instructions coded so that the computer can use it directly without further translation".

What is another word for machine code?

Close synonyms include machine language. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is machine code a common word?

machine code is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.