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/ˈsɔːrs kəʊd/ · sour·ce code
noun
- Human-readable instructions in a programming language, to be transformed into machine instructions by a compiler, assembler or other translator, or to be carried out directly by an interpreter. The programmer spent hours debugging the source code to fix the error.
noun
- The original version of a program or software, before it has been compiled or modified. The company released the source code for their new operating system to the public.
Did you know? The first computer program, written by Ada Lovelace in 1843, is considered to be the first example of source code, as it was written in a human-readable format and could be executed by a machine.