source code

Thân thiện

A programmer types source code into a text editor on their computer.

Definition

Noun: 1. The human-readable, original version of a computer program: "Source code" refers to the set of instructions written by a programmer using a programming language. It is written in text form and is designed to be understandable by humans before it is converted (compiled or interpreted) into machine code that a computer can execute.

Usage

• As a subject:
• As an object:
• With prepositions:

Examples

Advanced Usage

• "Open source": A development model where the source code is made freely available for modification and distribution.
  • Linux is a famous example of open-source software.
• "Source code repository": A storage location for software packages and version history.
  • The team manages the project's source code in a Git repository.

Variants and Related Words

• Source (noun): In computing, can refer to the origin or original form of something (e.g., data source, source file).
• Code (noun): A system of rules to convert information; can refer to source code or machine code.
• Object code (noun): The machine-readable output produced by a compiler from source code.

Synonyms

• Program text
• Script (typically for interpreted languages)

Related Phrases

• To view/examine the source code: To look at the programming instructions.
  • You can view the source code of this webpage in your browser.
• To write/hack source code: To create or modify program instructions.
  • She spent the weekend writing source code for her new project.

Học thuật

Noun

1. 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