executable code

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.

Noun

  1. 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.
    • 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,...
    • 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...
    • “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...