object code

American  

[ob-jikt kohd] / ˈɒb dʒɪkt ˌkoʊd /

noun

Computers.

1. the machine-language output of a compiler or assembler that is ready for execution.

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object code Scientific  

/ ŏb′jĭkt /

1. The code produced by a compiler from the source code, usually in the form of machine language that a computer can execute directly. It may, however, be in assembly language, an intermediate code that is then translated into machine language.

2. Compare source code

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Example Sentences

For pages on end, it describes how code works, from the difference between source code and object code, to classes, declarations, headers, subroutines, methods, interfaces, and packages.

From The Verge • Oct. 19, 2017

A compiler that produces object code that is worse than the straightforward or obvious hand translation.

From The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 by Raymond, Eric S.

This is as opposed to object code, the derived binary executable form of a program.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.

Since that tape was in the object code that the TX-0 understood, he'd feed it in, hoping that the program would run magnificently.

From Hackers, Heroes of the Computer Revolution Chapters 1 and 2 by Levy, Steven