They only understand machine language, which most people associate with binary code. But it's more than just binary digits. A certain sequence of some of them equates to a specific instruction for the CPU to execute. You could see this in assembly language.
It is not essential to understand computer languages as you can do a lot with a computer without knowing them, and most people that use computers do not understand any computer languages. However, if you want to write programs and get the computers to do more elaborate things then knowing some computer languages is important. If you can write programs then there are employment opportunities in it and if you are really good you could create a really good program and do very well out of it.
ProtocolsExplanation: Computers on a network communicate using protocols, which are nothing more than languages that computers understand. These protocols operate on different levels and form what is commonly known as a networking stack or protocol stack.
Low-level languages are one of two major types of programming languages. They are more similar to machine language, which is the language that computers understand directly; as opposed to high-level languages which are similar to English as humans speak.
There are millions of people who understand computers. This comes from the growing age of needing to understand how computers work.
Computers cannot understand languages. They can only compute data. Because of that, we use binary code because that is pure data.
Yes, computers have languages that they communicate with us and each other in. There are thousands of different computer languages written for different purposes with different complexities. The simplest language computers communicate in is binary, ones and zeros, which can be compared to humans using Morse Code to communicate. It is very simple, but it is hard for humans to understand. The next step up is called assembly language which could be compared to speaking only in slang, still hard for all except a few humans to understand. The computer has to use a program to translate the assembly language into binary to understand what to do. There are lots of intermediate languages that still use some slang, but allow the programmer to combine several actions in one command. As computer languages have become more complex so humans can understand and program them easier, the computer has to do more work to translate, but is much faster at it than we are. There are programing languages now that allow a human to say what they want the computer to do and the program writes the code that the computer needs to use to do what was requested. This makes it very easy for us to communicate to computers to get them to do what we want. Computers still use binary and lower level languages to communicate with each other as they understand it and have to do less work to accomplish what is desired.
Yes, computers have languages that they communicate with us and each other in. There are thousands of different computer languages written for different purposes with different complexities. The simplest language computers communicate in is binary, ones and zeros, which can be compared to humans using morse code to communicate. It is very simple, but it is hard for humans to understand. The next step up is called assembly language which could be compared to speaking only in slang, still hard for all except a few humans to understand. The computer has to use a program to translate the assembly language into binary to understand what to do. There are lots of intermediate languages that still use some slang, but allow the programmer to combine several actions in one command. As computer languages have become more complex so humans can understand and program them easier, the computer has to do more work to translate, but is much faster at it than we are. There are programing languages now that allow a human to say what they want the computer to do and the program writes the code that the computer needs to use to do what was requested. This makes it very easy for us to communicate to computers to get them to do what we want. Computers still use binary and lower level languages to communicate with each other as they understand it and have to do less work to accomplish what is desired.
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yes, computers do understand the data they process, they are able to do this because of the processor all computers have in their circuit.
Structuralism was created because of the need to understand Native American languages.
Actually, computers do use binary. Other languages are simply used for easier readability (because binary is difficult for most humans to understand). These "high level" languages are then placed into an interpreter and then compiled into a program that uses binary to communicate with the computer.
Programming computers. That is what they were designed for.