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Assembly Language / Machine Code / High-Level Programming

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  Assembly Language ·        An assembly language is a low-level programming language designed for a specific type of processor. ·        It may be produced by compiling source code from a high-level programming language (such as C/C++) but can also be written from scratch. ·        Assembly code can be converted to machine code using an assembler. ·        Since most compilers convert source code directly to machine code, software developers often create programs without using assembly language. ·        In some cases, assembly code can be used to fine-tune a program. For example, a programmer may write a specific process in assembly language to make sure it functions as efficiently as possible. Machine Code ·        machine language, the numeric codes for the operations that a particular compute...