Programs written in binary code are called which language?

Programs written in binary code are called which language?

• A. High-level language
• B. Machine Language
• C. Assembly Language
• D. Binary Code

Answer: (B)

Directly executable instructions for a CPU are written in machine language, which is encoded as binary digits. Each instruction specifies an operation and the data or registers it uses, and it’s tailored to the processor’s architecture, so the CPU can run it directly without any translation at runtime. Assembly language is a human-readable form of these instructions, using mnemonics like MOV or ADD; an assembler converts that into machine language. High-level languages like C or Python are much farther from the hardware and require compilers or interpreters to translate into machine code. Some people refer to machine language as binary code, but the formal term for the code consisting of the binary instructions the CPU understands is machine language.

Directly executable instructions for a CPU are written in machine language, which is encoded as binary digits. Each instruction specifies an operation and the data or registers it uses, and it’s tailored to the processor’s architecture, so the CPU can run it directly without any translation at runtime. Assembly language is a human-readable form of these instructions, using mnemonics like MOV or ADD; an assembler converts that into machine language. High-level languages like C or Python are much farther from the hardware and require compilers or interpreters to translate into machine code. Some people refer to machine language as binary code, but the formal term for the code consisting of the binary instructions the CPU understands is machine language.