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source code

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

[′sȯrs ‚kōd]
(computer science)
The statements in which a computer program is initially written before translation into machine language.
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source code

(language, programming)
(Or "source", or rarely "source language") The form in which a computer program is written by the programmer. Source code is written in some formal programming language which can be compiled automatically into object code or machine code or executed by an interpreter.
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