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Which of the following is the closest to machine language?

  1. High-level languages

  2. Assembly languages

  3. Scripting languages

  4. Interpreted languages

The correct answer is: Assembly languages

Machine language is the lowest-level programming language that directly communicates with the computer's hardware and does not require any translation or interpretation. Out of the given options, assembly languages are the closest to machine language as they use mnemonic codes to represent operations and variables directly to the hardware, similar to machine language. High-level languages, scripting languages, and interpreted languages all require an intermediary program or software to convert the code into machine language before it can be executed, making them one step further from machine language.