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MACHINE LANGUAGE [2 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2006-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
07.01.04 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

artificial language composed only of the machine instructions of a specific computer or class of computers

OBS

machine language: term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 2382-7:2000].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - ISO/CEI JTC 1 Vocabulaire des technologies de l'information
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
07.01.04 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

langage artificiel qui contient uniquement des instructions machine d'un ordinateur particulier ou d'une classe d'ordinateurs

OBS

langage machine; langage d'ordinateur : termes et définition normalisés par l'ISO/CEI [ISO/IEC 2382-7:2000].

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Programming Languages
DEF

An artificial language composed only of the machine instructions of a specific computer or class of computers.

CONT

Many kinds of programming languages have been developed over the years. Initially programmers had to write instructions in machine language. This coded language, which can be understood and executed directly by the computer without conversion or translation, consists of binary digits representing operation codes and memory addresses. Because it is made up of strings of 1s and 0s, machine language is difficult for humans to use.

OBS

machine language; computer language: terms standardized by ISO/IEC [International Electrotechnical Commission] and CSA International.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Langages de programmation
DEF

Langage orienté machine qui contient uniquement des instructions-machine d'un ordinateur particulier ou d'une classe d'ordinateurs.

CONT

La question qui se pose est de savoir si c'est le pédagogue lui-même qui écrit le programme ou s'il confie cette tâche à un spécialiste d'un langage informatique ou d'un langage auteur adapté.

OBS

langage machine; langage informatique : termes normalisés par l'ISO/CEI [Commission électrotechnique internationale] et la CSA International.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Lenguaje de programación
DEF

Lenguaje final, [...] que puede interpretarse directamente por los circuitos internos de la computadora (ordenador).

OBS

Todos los demás lenguajes de programación deben ser compilados o traducidos, tarde o temprano, en el código binario antes de que se les introduzca en el procesador.

OBS

Los más utilizados actualmente son el Basic, Cobol y Fortran.

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