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Source code

Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-001142

The set of human-readable instructions written by a programmer in a specific programming language. This text-based form of a program must be translated by a compiler or interpreter into machine code that a computer's central processing unit can execute. Source code is managed in text files and is the version of the software that developers modify and maintain, often using version control systems like Git to track changes.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-001142
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectSoftware
Record as JSON 
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  "subject": "Software",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/source-code/"
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