Eli5: how does assembly code work?
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Imagine you have a long tape. The tape consists of boxes that you can write numbers in. Different number represents different actions you can take at each time. Next you have a clock. Starting from the beginning of the tape, for every time the clock ticks, you point your finger at the current box and perform the action as presented in the box. After you perform the action, you move to the next box.
The kind of actions you can take is predetermined by the computer architecture you are on, like x86 or ARM
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