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Source code

nounverified·updated May 9, 2026

Software program instructions written in a format (language) readable by humans.

MWEFederal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary

Senses

FFIEC IT Examination Handbook - Audit, April 2012

The programming language in which a program is written.

Wordset Dictionary

program instructions written as an ASCII text file

NIST SP 800-171r3attested usage pack match

No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 1 citation in that document; a definition is pending curation.

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

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Information Class

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Variants

synonym
program source code
alternatephrasing
Source Code
plural
Source codes
possessive
Source code's
pluralpossessive
Source codes'