Machine Language
Instructions, like registers and words of data, are also 32 bits long
- Example: add $t0, $s1, $s2
- registers have numbers, $t0=9, $s1=17, $s2=18
Instruction Format: 000000 10001 10010 01000 00000 100000 op rs rt rd shamt funct
Can you guess what the field names stand for?