2 definitions
for source code
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
source code
n : program instructions written as an ASCII text file; must be
translated by a compiler or interpreter or assembler into
the object code for a particular computer before
execution
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :
source code
(Or "source", or rarely "source
language") The form in which a computer program is written by
the programmer. Source code is written in some formal
programming language which can be compiled automatically into
object code or machine code or executed by an
interpreter.
(1995-01-05)