source code

American  

[sawrs kohd] / ˈsɔrs ˌkoʊd /

noun

Computers.

1. program instructions written in a programming language that is readable by humans and that must be converted to machine language before being executed.

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source code British  

noun

1. computing the original form of a computer program before it is converted into a machine-readable code

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source code Scientific  

/ sôrs /

1. Code written by a programmer in a high-level language and readable by people but not computers. Source code must be converted to object code or machine language by a compiler before a computer can read or execute the program.

2. Compare object code

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• source code vs. object code

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source code

Ryan Austin, a researcher at Calif, uncovered the flaws with help from GPT-5.6 Sol, one of OpenAI’s most advanced models, during an audit of PHP’s source code in August.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

“At this time, we have no indications of this individual inappropriately accessing or exfiltrating model weights, source code, or customer data,” the company said in the post.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

OpenAI, the maker of the popular chatbot ChatGPT, said that it has no indication that source code, model weights or customer data were inappropriately accessed or taken in the incident.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Weizenbaum never released the software or its source code, but, based on a 1966 paper and other writings of his, people have created numerous imitations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

And he would also have had access to the planet’s source code, if he’d wanted to hide something here.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

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