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Bytecode

Definition of Bytecode from the NFTguild.com glossary.

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Within the world of software development, there are 100s of different computer languages.

Bytecode is what is referred to as a “low level” language designed to be processed by a computer instead of “high level” languages that are more human-readable. In the Ethereum (ETH) ecosystem, the primary smart contract language Solidity is compiled into Ethereum bytecode, then processed by the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM).