source code

noun

: a computer program in its original programming language (such as FORTRAN or C) before translation into object code usually by a compiler

Examples of source code in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Open-source generally refers to software in which the source code is made freely available on the web for possible modification and redistribution. —Dylan Butts, CNBC, 18 June 2025

While the source code and model weights are available for academic use under specific non-commercial restrictions, access to the model weights is limited to those with academic affiliations. —John Werner, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025

But upon closer inspection, Sophos discovered that Sakura RAT operates as its own Trojan horse during the act of compilation—or turning the source code into an executable program. —Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 4 June 2025

This time, as covert agent Ethan Hunt of the Impossible Missions Force, Cruise endeavors to wrest control of the Entity, an artificial intelligence system sought by bad guy Gabriel (Esai Morales), then retrieve its source code from ex-CIA agent William Donloe (Rolf Saxon). —Armond White, National Review, 23 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for source code

• afterload
• episode
• internode
• microcode
• multimode
• nematode
• nesselrode
• overflowed
• overload
• overrode
• radioed
• torpedoed