This is the actual binary code that sits in the memory of the HCS12 and controls the digital circuitry of the HCS12. The machine code usually consists of an opcode followed by an operand. For instance, the instruction 'LDAA $12' generates machine code $8612, where $86 is the opcode, and $12 is the operand. The machine code is generated directly from the assembly instructions.

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

See Native Code.

Text expressed in machine language.

Machine Code is the language which the processor of the computer actually understands. It contains a number of very simple operations, for example move an item from the processor into memory, or add one to an item in the processor. Each particular range of computer processors has its own specific machine code, which means that machine code written for one kind of machine cannot be easily used on another.

The binary numbers that a microprocessor interprets as program instructions. See “instruction.

The binary (1's and 0's) instructions that are readable by the CPU. The lowest level of instructions.

A binary code consisting of 1's and zeros. The low-level computer language in which computer chips function.

Instructions which are executed by the personal computer CPU. Since BASIC statements cannot be understood by the CPU, the BASIC interpreter converts each BASIC statement into one or more machine code instructions.

(IEEE) Computer instructions and definitions expressed in a form [binary code] that can be recognized by the CPU of a computer. All source code, regardless of the language in which it was programmed, is eventually converted to machine code. Syn: object code.

Machine code or machine language is a system of instructions and data directly understandable by a computer's central processing unit.