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Comp 2 7.3
Basic Machine Code Operations
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Machine code instructions | A binary code that a machine can understand and execute |
| Compiled high-level language program | A program translated into machine code before it is executed on a digital computer |
| Operation code (op-code) | The part of a machine code instruction that denotes the basic machine operation |
| Operand | The part of a machine code instruction that represents a single item of binary data or the address of a single item of binary data |
| Instruction set | The set of bit patterns or binary codes for the machine operations that a processor has been designed to perform |