Source program

nounverified·updated May 9, 2026

GlossaryL1 — what DictionaryL2 — how used ThesaurusL3 — relations Universaleverything

A program written in a programming language (such as C, Pascal, or COBOL). A compiler translates the source code into a machine-language object program.

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

Senses

1 more sense beyond the canonical

Wordset Dictionary

a program written in a language from which statements are translated into machine language

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

Artifact72%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

?unassignedlast reviewed —

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

—65%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

?unassignedlast reviewed —

Variants

4 surface forms

alternatephrasing: Source Program
plural: Source programs
possessive: Source program's
pluralpossessive: Source programs'

Continue to:Dictionary →How is this term used per framework?Thesaurus →How does this term relate to other terms?Universal →Everything in one page.