Source code Software Engineering
noun phrase
Definition: Human-readable computer instructions written in a programming language and intended for translation, interpretation, or execution as software [ISO/IEC].
Example in context: “The source code of our approach, along with the data sets used and our experiments are openly available in GitHub.” [Mylonas et al. 2023]
Synonyms: program source code; codebase (broader)
Related terms: object code; executable; repository; software artifact