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source code
[sawrs kohd]
noun
program instructions written in a programming language that is readable by humans and that must be converted to machine language before being executed.
source code
noun
computing the original form of a computer program before it is converted into a machine-readable code
source code
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
Example Sentences
Their algorithms, source codes, and data flows are controlled by powerful corporations whose interests rarely align with those of the broader global populace.
The software developer has archived hundreds of reels of open source code here, which are the building blocks underpinning computer operating systems, software, websites and apps.
Ms Martin says she received a business plan from ConvrtX and eventually raw source codes for her website and app, though she says these were unusable and incomplete.
Holly Beilin, a spokesperson for Flock Safety, said the company recently made most of its source code available for free to users, including the LAPD.
Babitz’s life is the source code for her best books, 1974’s “Eve’s Hollywood” and 1977’s “Slow Days, Fast Company”; her stories are ecstatically, deliriously alive, charged with sexual energy and deadly wit.
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