object code

object code

n.

The code produced by a compiler from the source code, usually in the form of machine language that a computer can execute directly, or sometimes in assembly language.

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object code  (bjkt)

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. Compare source code.

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Noun

1.

object code - the machine-language output of a compiler that is ready for execution on a particular computer computer code, code - (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions