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True ''machine code'' is a stream of raw, usually [[Binary code|binary]], data. A programmer coding in "machine code" normally codes instructions and data in a more readable form such as [[decimal]], [[octal]], or [[hexadecimal]] which is translated to internal format by a program called a [[Loader (computing)|loader]] or toggled into the computer's memory from a [[front panel]].

Although few programs are written in machine languagelanguages, programmers often become adept at reading it through working with [[core dump]]s or debugging from the front panel.

Example: A function in hexadecimal representation of 32-bit [[x86]] machine code to calculate the ''n''th [[Fibonacci number]]: