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Machine code monitor

Machine code monitor is a tool that helps people talk to computers using the computer's secret language - machine code. It's like speaking in a special code that only the computer understands.

Imagine that you have a secret message that you want to send to a friend, but you can only write it in a secret language that nobody else can understand. You need your friend to know this secret language too, so they can read your message. The machine code monitor is like your friend who knows the secret language.

With the machine code monitor, you can type in commands in the secret language (machine code) and the computer will follow these commands to do things for you. For example, you can tell the computer to add two numbers together or display something on the screen.

Without the machine code monitor, talking to the computer in machine code can be very hard and confusing, like trying to read a book in a language you don't know. The machine code monitor makes it easier to understand and communicate with the computer in its own language.