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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>source</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="sorcerers-apprentice-mode.html" title="sorcerer's apprentice mode"/><link rel="next" href="source-of-all-good-bits.html" title="source of all good bits"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">source</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sorcerers-apprentice-mode.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="source-of-all-good-bits.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="source"/><dt xmlns="" id="source"><b>source</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [very common] In reference to software, <span class="firstterm">source</span> is invariably shorthand for
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‘source code’, the preferred human-readable and
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human-modifiable form of the program. This is as opposed to object code,
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the derived binary executable form of a program. This shorthand readily
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takes derivative forms; one may speak of “<span class="quote">the sources of a
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system</span>” or of “<span class="quote">having source</span>”.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sorcerers-apprentice-mode.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../S.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="source-of-all-good-bits.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">sorcerer's apprentice mode </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> source of all good bits</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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