source code

source code
A computer program written in its original programming language. In source code form a program is intelligible to a suitably-trained human being. To be intelligible to a machine it is translated (compiled) into object code.
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The form in which most computer software is originally written by a programmer, consisting of sets of coded alphanumeric instructions in any of numerous programming languages such as Java or C++. Source code is then translated (using a special-purpose software program such as a compiler or assembler) into software object code, which is a numeric form that can be processed directly by a computer or other device to control its operation.

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