====== Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) Bytecode ======
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**[[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:e:evm]] Bytecode** is a low-level programming language that is compiled from a high-level programming language such as solidity. EVM is a [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:v:vm]] residing between the OSI [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:o:os]] and [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:a:applayer]] layers to mitigate OS dependency. Thankfully to EVM, Ethereum smart contract can be run on almost any computer. If you are a [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:j:java]] developer, you can think of [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:j:jvm]] as the same mechanism. EVM [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:b:bytecode]] looks like the code below. It is not human-readable but readable for the machine.

<Code solidity linenums:1| Example of a EVM ByteCode>
6080604052348015600f57600080fd5b5060878061001e6000396000f3fe6080604052348015600f57600080fd5b506004361060285760003560e01c8063037a417c14602d575b600080fd5b60336049565b6040518082815260200191505060405180910390f35b6000600190509056fea265627a7a7230582050d33093e20eb388eec760ca84ba30ec42dadbdeb8edf5cd8b261e89b8d4279264736f6c634300050a0032
</Code>

Source: [[https://medium.com/@eiki1212/explaining-ethereum-contract-abi-evm-bytecode-6afa6e917c3b ]]


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