object code

object code. Copyright. The machine-readable language compiled from a computer programmer’s source code. • Object code is difficult to reverse-engineer, so publicly available software is always in this form. Object code is protected by copyright and patent laws. Because people cannot read or understand it, object code is deposited with the U.S. Copyright Office more often than source code. Cf. SOURCE CODE.

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词条贡献者

资深译员Daniel，国际知名法学院法律英语专业，擅长翻译涉及工程与建设领域的法律文件。