executable code en · NOUN
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(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)