Information Systems and Computer Applications CLEP Prep Practice Exam

Computers are electronic devices that understand and execute instructions given to them in a specific language. This language is referred to as machine language, which is a series of binary code (0's and 1's) that directly corresponds to the hardware and architecture of the computer. Network language (Option B) typically refers to network protocols used for communication between devices, and is not the primary language that computers understand. Programming language (Option C) is used to write code that can be translated into machine language for the computer to understand and execute. Natural language (Option D) is the language humans use to communicate with each other, but it cannot be directly understood by computers without being translated into machine language first. Therefore, the most accurate answer is A - machine language.