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A procedural language is a programming language in which everything is processed in the order it appears to the computer. In contrast, an object-oriented language is a language in which everything is processed depending on what happens in the program -- user input, errors, or other events.
5.2.1. A machine language is a set of binary codes which is used to direct the activities of a Central Processing Unit (CPU). Everything a computer does is the result of running machine language programs. No matter what language you use to program, the computer hardware is ultimately running machine language in order to execute your program. Individual codes in the machine language are known as instructions. Hence, a machine language is also known as an instruction set.