HORNS OF A DILEMMA
\hˈɔːnz əvə da͡ɪlˈɛmə], \hˈɔːnz əvə daɪlˈɛmə], \h_ˈɔː_n_z ə_v_ə d_aɪ_l_ˈɛ_m_ə]\
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A metaphor for grave practical difficulties when of two or more courses of action both or all appear equally imprudent or dangerous; borrowed from the argument so called, in Logic [Gr.], in which an adversary is caught between two difficulties.
By Henry Percy Smith
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machine language
- a programming language designed for use on specific class of computers a set of instructions coded so that the computer can use it directly without further translation Programmed language directly understood and executed by a machine, typically computer. Requires no conversion or translation. English-like languages, known also as high level are industry-renown: Basic, C, Java, the like. These coded programs, then converted into machine language, low an assembler, compiler, interpreter. It is different for each type of CPU, often having unique operation sets. in native binary comprised only two characters: 0 1. difficult to read, less likely humans.
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