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source program

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noun

  1. an original computer program written by a programmer that is converted into the equivalent object program, written in machine language, by the compiler or assembler

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Google’s open source program manager, Chris DiBona, calls alarmists who warn of increased Android Marketplace attacks “charlatans and scammers,” saying the company is taking steps to ward off viruses.

From Forbes • Dec. 14, 2011

Writing an open source program to control the DVD player is trivial.

From The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by Boyle, James

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