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Machine address; see memory address.
Machine code is the combination of machine instructions and the data they use. A synonym is object code.
A machine instruction is one of the fundamental operations that a CPU can perform. Some examples of these operations are addition, subtraction, or other arithmetic operations; other possibilities include operations that control what instruction will be executed next. All C++ programs must be converted into machine instructions before they can be executed by the CPU.
A machine language program is a program composed of machine instructions.
A magic number is a number that does not have any obvious relationship to the rest of the code. A good general rule is that numbers other than 0, 1, or other self-evident ...
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