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'''Computer code''' or '''program code''' is the set of instructions forming a [[computer program]] which is [[Execution (computing)|executed]] by a [[computer]]. It is one of two components of the [[software]] which runs on [[computer hardware]], the other being the [[data (computing)|data]].

Computers can only directly execute the [[machine code]] instructions which are part of their [[instruction set]]. Because these instructions are difficult for humans to read, and writing good programs in machine code or other [[low-level programming language]]s is a time-consuming task, most [[programmer]]s write in the [[source code]] of a [[high-level programming language]]. This source code is [[Translator (computing)|translated]] into machine code by a [[compiler]] or [[interpreter (computing)|interpreter]] so that the computer can execute it to perform its [[task (computing)|task]]s. A compiler produces [[object code]] which is usually in machine language but may also be in an intermediate language which is at a lower level than the source. [[Bytecode]] is a lower level of source which is designed for more efficient interpretation by interpreters. its is some which you use to make programs, like the way your brain was programmed. it is really gay but really awesome its like a ding dong loooool.