source code

noun

program instructions written as an ASCII text file; must be translated by a compiler or interpreter or assembler into the object code for a particular computer before execution

• Hypernyms: ↑ASCII text file

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noun

: computer code in its original programming language — compare object code herein

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Computers.

program instructions that must be translated by a compiler, interpreter, or assembler into object code before execution.

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source code noun

A computer code that requires translation by a compiler before it can be executed by the computer (cf ↑object code)

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Main Entry: ↑source

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source code UK US noun [countable] [singular source code plural source codes] computing

a set of instructions for a computer program that a computer programmer understands and that are translated into instructions that a computer understands

Thesaurus: parts of computer programs, systems or software_meronym computer programs and systems_hyponym

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source code «srs, sohrs kohd», noun.

the underlying formula or instructions, written in computer programming language, that make a computer program function.

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n. Computing a text listing of commands to be compiled or assembled into an executable computer program

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ˈsource code f154 [source code] noun uncountable (computing)

a computer program written in text form that must be translated into ↑machine code before it can run on a computer