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source program
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(Computer Science) an original computer program written by a programmer that is converted into the equivalent object program, written in machine language, by the compiler or assembler
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Noun 1. source program - a program written in a language from which statements are translated into machine language
computer program, computer programme, programme, program - (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines of code"
object program, target program - a fully compiled or assembled program ready to be loaded into the computer
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