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object code

[′äb‚jekt ‚kōd]
(computer science)
The statements generated from source code by a compiler, constituting an intermediate step in the translation of source code into executable machine language.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

object code

The machine code generated by a source code language processor such as an assembler or compiler. A file of object code may be immediately executable or it may require linking with other object code files, e.g. libraries, to produce a complete executable program.
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