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machine language

A set of instructions written in symbols and graphic representations in a logical language understood by computers; it is flexible but error-prone, requiring advanced skill to write computer progams in it.

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The dedicated lock for each object allows the lock/unlock operations on the thin locks to be performed using only a few machine instructions. This approach also eliminates the need to synchronize the monitor cache.

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As part of the expanded DNC capabilities, Anchor/Darling also expects to upgrade their CAD/CAM system to receive downloaded data from computers in the engineering department that will allow the creation of tool paths and machine instructions.

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"Pattern setup is done with a CAD process rather than machine instructions, so the operator is basically drawing a picture of the cutting pattern rather than entering complicated program steps.

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The process of converting CAD drawings to machine instructions is an essential step in utilizing CAD or CNC technology.

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Common Lisp has often been criticized for this generality because addition performed in this way is slow, compared to the type-specific machine instructions that implement addition.

Type-declared arithmetic can be compiled into direct machine instructions whose performance is equivalent to that achieved within other languages.

Real-time programming in Common LISP

This program clock is incremented by the program using the execution times of the machine instructions being executed by the program itself; thus, the expression self-timing.