source code

noun, Computers.

program instructions that must be translated by a compiler, interpreter, or assembler into object code before execution.

Examples from the web for source code

It is fact that they refuse to produce the source code of the programming they used to come to their conclusions.
source code for both malware and commercial software is often not available, which slows the hunt for vulnerabilities.
So there is now growing interest in open-source cloud-computing tools, for which the source code is freely available.
It's called that because the collaboration is open to all and the source code is freely shared.

British Dictionary definitions for source code

source code

noun

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

source code in Science

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.

source code in Technology

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.
(1995-01-05)