Meaning – The term object code, refers to output from a compiler or assembler which is itself executable machine code or is suitable for processing to produce executable machine code.
Object code is a set of instruction codes that are understood by a computer at the lowest hardware level. Object code is usually produced by a compiler that reads some higher-level computer language source instructions and translates them into equivalent machine language instructions.
A compiler translates source code into object code, which is stored in object files. Object files contain object code that includes instructions to be executed by the computer.
Example of usage – “Just as human beings understand native languages, computers understand machine language, which is made up of object code. Software applications are built-in multiple programming languages with a standard objective: to execute processes via a machine.”
