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What is machine language, assembly language, high level language?


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Machine Language: Machine language is basically only language which computer can understand. Machine code is represented inside the computer by a string of binary digits (bits) 0 and 1. The symbol 0 stands for the absent of electric pulse and 1 for the presence electric pulse.


Assembly Language: Assembly language was developed to overcome some of the inconveniences of machine language. This is another low level but a very important language in which operation codes and operands are given in the form of alphanumeric symbols instead of 0’s and 1’s.


High Level Language: High level computer language give formats close to English language and the purpose of developing high level language is to enable people to write programs easily and in their own native language environment (English). High-level language are basically symbolic language that use English words and/or mathematical symbols rather than mnemonic codes. Each instruction in the high level language is translated into machine language.  
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