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

There are some things manufacturers can keep private, including trade secrets, source code and certain information that could put a device’s security at risk. — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2026

This substitution only happens when the font engine draws the page on screen, meaning scrapers that simply download plaintext source code get an altered version that end users never see. — Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2026

The situation becomes considerably more complicated for models whose underlying source code is not publicly available. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2026

These systems are trained on publicly available source code pulled from open-source repositories. — Varun Badhwar, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

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