source

   [very   common]  In  reference  to  software,  source  is  invariably
   shorthand   for  `source  code',  the  preferred  human-readable  and
   human-modifiable  form  of  the program. This is as opposed to object
   code, the derived binary executable form of a program. This shorthand
   readily  takes  derivative  forms; one may speak of "the sources of a
   system" or of "having source".

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