executable code

English

Noun

executable code (uncountable)

1. (computing) Instructions for a computer in a form the computer can directly use (i.e. which it can execute). Derived from source code by compiling or assembling and linking.
   • 2003, Maximum Security, fourth, →ISBN, page 324:

     Other types of macros, shell scripts, batch files, interpretable source code, even Postscript files also contain executable code, and are, in theory, vulnerable to virus attack.

   • 2008, Arnold Robbins, Nelson H. F. Beebe, Classic Shell Scripting: Hidden Commands that Unlock the Power of Unix, →ISBN, page 158:

     The script itself contains variable and command substitution, the read command, and a while loop to get everything done in less than 10 lines of executable code!

   • 2012, Ivan Ivanov, Marten van Sinderen, Boris Shishkov, editors, Cloud Computing and Services Science, →ISBN, page 7:

     “Scripts” are distinct from the executable code of the application, as they are usually written in a different language with distinct semantics.

Translations

code in the form a computer can directly use

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• Finnish: konekielinen koodi
• Japanese: 実行コード (jikkō kōdo)
• Romanian: cod executabil n, (instrucțiuni executabile)
• Russian: исполни́мый код m (ispolnímyj kod), исполня́емый код m (ispolnjájemyj kod)