the definition of Machine Language

MACHINE LANGUAGE- is the only form of program instructions that the computer hardware can understand and execute directly. This language is used in first generation of computer in 1940 until 1956; All other forms of computer language must be translated into machine code in order to be executed by the hardware. Machine language consists of many strings of binary digits that are easy for the computer to interpret, but difficult for human beings to interpret this language. Machine language is different for each type of computer. It may be shown as hexadecimal, binary, character strings etc. It's the raw information that the CPU works on, as the program is in memory as it is being executed