On 2014-11-05, Dennis Lee Bieber <[email protected]> wrote:
> "machine code" typically implies an instruction set specific
> to that machine... ALL computers operate in BINARY logic (a bit only
> holds 0 or 1). How you get those bits into the computer is
> irrelevant.
Just to muddy the water...
_Most_ parts of most computers operate in binary. Portions of some
parts (e.g. some NAND flash) use ternary, quaternary, or octal. IIRC,
four-state transistor cells are pretty common at the moment, but some
vendor(s) are working with 8-state cells.
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