source file
Uncompiled program text
A source file contains the original, human-readable code that programmers write before it gets compiled or processed into executable form.
The term emphasizes that this is where the code originates—the source—as opposed to the binary or object files a computer actually runs: Make sure you commit the source files, not just the build output.
Source files use extensions indicating their language: .py for Python, .java for Java, .c for C.
- codeSymbolic communication system
- compilerSource-to-machine-code translator
- headerTop line of document
- moduleIndependent functional component
- scriptWritten words for performance
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source fileexecutable
Directly runnable program file
binary file · compiled code · machine code · binary · object code
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