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{{Main|Instruction set architecture}}
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An [[instruction set architecture]] (ISA) is the interface between the computer's software and hardware and also can be viewed as the programmer's view of the machine. Computers do not understand [[high-level programming language]]s such as [[Java (programming language)|Java]], [[C++]], or most programming languages used. A processor only understands instructions encoded in some numerical fashion, usually as [[Binary numeral system|binary number]]s. Software tools, such as [[compiler]]s, translate those high level languages into instructions that the processor can understand.<ref>{{cite web |title=Glossary |url=https://codasip.com/glossary/isa |website=Codasip |access-date=30 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=What is Instruction Set Architecture (ISA)? |url=https://www.arm.com/glossary/isa |website=The Architecture for the Digital World |access-date=30 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
Besides instructions, the ISA defines items in the computer that are available to a program—e.g., [[data type]]s, [[Processor register|registers]], [[addressing mode]]s, and [[Computer memory|memory]]. Instructions locate these available items with register indexes (or names) and memory addressing modes.
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