AQA GCSE Computer Science · 8525
Paper 2
Revise: Machine Code and Assembly LanguageA processor’s instruction set is the complete set of machine code instructions it can execute. Each type of processor has its own specific instruction set. A binary instruction only has meaning according to that instruction set; it is not a universal command understood by every processor.
- Revise: Machine Code Characteristics
The collection of instructions that a processor can recognise and execute.