Object Program (Noun)
Meaning
A fully compiled or assembled program ready to be loaded into the computer.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The linker produces an object program that contains code which can be executed directly by the computer's processor.
- After the assembler finishes processing the source code, it generates an object program in a file.
- A loader takes an object program from secondary storage and places it into the computer's memory, where it can be executed.
- The translator's main task was to translate the high-level language into an object program that the computer could understand and execute.
- In a computer system, an object program is a translated version of a source code that a computer can execute directly.