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object code
[ ob-jikt kohd ]
noun
Computers.
- the machine-language output of a compiler or assembler that is ready for execution. Compare source code ( def ).
object code
/ ŏb′jĭkt /
- 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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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.
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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.
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A compiler that produces object code that is worse than the straightforward or obvious hand translation.
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This is as opposed to object code, the derived binary executable form of a program.
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