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source file en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A file containing the editable content of a digital resource, used to create a distribution format.
    • “Source File”, in PC Magazine Encyclopedia, (Can we date this quote?): “the text files of this encyclopedia, which are continuously edited, become the source files for deployment each cycle”
    • UNESCO (2019), “Recommendation on Open Educational Resources (OER)”, in UNESCO Legal Affairs: “developing mechanisms to support and incentivize all stakeholders to publish source files and accessible OER using standard open file formats in public repositories.”
  2. A file containing the source code of a software.

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source code