What is source code and object code?
- Source code:
- Source code is any collection of computer instructions written using some human-readable computer language, usually as text.
- The source code of a program is specially designed to facilitate the work of computer programmers.
- The source code is transformed by a language processor like compiler, interpreter or assembler into low-level machine code understood by the computer.
- Object Code
- The machine readable code which is obtained after the translation using language processor is called object code or binary code.
