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executable code en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) 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.
    • 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! 2008, Arnold Robbins, Nelson H. F. Beebe, Classic Shell Scripting: Hidden Commands that Unlock the Power of Unix, →ISBN, page 158:
    • 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. 2003, Maximum Security, fourth, →ISBN, page 324:
    • “Scripts” are distinct from the executable code of the application, as they are usually written in a different language with distinct semantics. 2012, Ivan Ivanov, Marten van Sinderen, Boris Shishkov, editors, Cloud Computing and Services Science, →ISBN, page 7:

Translations (7)

ru исполня́емый код (code in the form a computer can directly use) · ro cod executabil (code in the form a computer can directly use) · bg изпълним код (code in the form a computer can directly use) · ru исполни́мый код (code in the form a computer can directly use) · cmn 可執行代碼 /可执行代码 (code in the form a computer can directly use) · fi konekielinen koodi (code in the form a computer can directly use) · ja 実行コード (code in the form a computer can directly use)