machine-level coding
nounUK /məˈʃiːn ˈlɛvəl ˈkəʊdɪŋ/
US /məˈʃiːn ˈlɛvəl ˈkoʊdɪŋ/
Writing instructions in a way that a computer can understand directly.
The engineer used machine-level coding to make the tiny chip run faster.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. Programming that works closely with the computer's hardware instead of using high-level languages.
Machine-level coding gives you fine control over memory and registers.
3. The practice of writing code that runs directly on a processor without an operating system.
Embedded devices often rely on machine-level coding for speed and size.
4. A teaching topic that explains how software becomes electrical signals inside a computer.
The course on machine-level coding showed students how binary instructions execute.