Object code

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Object code, or sometimes object module, is what a computer compiler produces.[1] In a general sense object code is a sequence of statements in a computer language,[2] usually a machine code language.[3]

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  1. ^ "What is compiler?". TechTarget. Retrieved 1 September 2011. Traditionally, the output of the compilation has been called object code or sometimes an object module.
  2. ^ Aho, Alfred V.; Sethi, Ravi; Ullman, Jeffrey D. (1986). "10 Code Optimization". Compilers: principles, techniques, and tools. Computer Science. Mark S. Dalton. p. 704. ISBN 0-201-10194-7.
  3. ^ "object code science definition". Retrieved 1 September 2011. The code produced by a compiler from the source code, usually in the form of machine language that a computer can execute directly ... The American Heritage® Science Dictionary