WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
source′ code′, [Computers.]
  1. Computingprogram instructions that must be translated by a compiler, interpreter, or assembler into object code before execution.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
source code n
  1. the original form of a computer program before it is converted into a machine-readable code
'source code' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
codebase - open source - code

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