(programming) The set of instructions that a particular computer is designed to execute; generated from an assembly language by an assembler, or from a high-level language by a compiler or interpreter.

plural of voting machine

A machine used for logging or various other forestry purposes.

a mechanical device, often coin-operated, for determining the weight of an object or person

A device that automatically records voice mail from unanswered telephone calls.

(computing theory) Ellipsis of finite-state machine.. / (Marxism) The state machinery; state apparatus.

A facility that has machine tools for working with metals or other relatively hard materials, such as some polymers. Various kinds of machine shops make and repair all types of metal objects, from machine tools, dies, and molds to mass-produced parts such as screws, pistons, or gears.

(historical) Around the 19th century, a portable changing room that was rolled down a beach to the edge of the sea to allow people to paddle in the sea modestly.

(physics, engineering) A device that only requires the application of a single force to work. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see simple, machine.

A type of fully automatic firearm that fires bullets in rapid succession by a single action of the trigger and is capable of sustained fire.