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source program

[′sȯrs ‚prō‚gram]

(computer science)

The form of a program just as the programmer has written it, often on coding forms or machine-readable media; a program expressed in a source-language form.

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Many of the most developed open source programs mimic popular software titles with broad applications.

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On a Merrill Lynch & Co call, Raymond explained to the investment community that one of the best things about open source is that as source program code is constantly reviewed by peers, it inevitably leads to highly reliable programs.