source code

[ sawrs kohd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Computers.

program instructions written in a programming language that is readable by humans and that must be converted to machine language before being executed. Compare object code ( def ).

source code

computing the original form of a computer program before it is converted into a machine-readable code

source code

/ sôrs /

Code written by a programmer in a high-level language and readable by people but not computers. Source code must be converted to object code or machine language by a compiler before a computer can read or execute the program.
Compare object code

The source code for the original “Shamoon” malware is widely known to have leaked.

Chinese hackers stole source code and wormed their way into Gmail.

Nor did Microsoft transform its proprietary operating system into open-source code.

So long as Rozendaal continues to work in open-source code, the answer seems to be: forever.

Amazingly, Nicholson found the source code for the control console of the Russian Soyuz capsule on a Russian website.

Minor typographical corrections are documented in the source code.

Page numbers are documented as links within the source code.

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