How does a computer use a compiler to gather information of code?

Question

I’m relating to how my computer actually “reads” the code I’m providing. So on a very basic level – how does it “understand” what the compiler tells it?

Is this some kind of electronic signal transmission or how does it work?

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Compiler is basically a translator that translates a language specific code to machine code based on the architecture of the machine the code is running on. This is to create a level of abstraction between the higher and lower level languages.