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'''Source code''' is the statements and declarations, usually in human readable form, the specifies a computer program. Knowledge of programming is usually necessary in order to read and understand source code in a program.
Source code is the internal programming of a piece of [[software]]. In order to properly read and understand the source code in a program, a fundamental level of knowledge is needed in the programming language used.
[[Open Source]] software is software that makes the source code freely avilable.
== Example ==
The following is an example of a C program that when compiled and executed prints the words "Hello world" to the screen. A C compiler and linker is necessary to compile the program and turn it into an executable.
<pre>
<nowiki>
/* This is a C language program comment */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
main()
{
printf("Hello wolrd.");
}
</nowiki>
</pre>
== See also ==
*[[Software]]
*[[Machine code]]
*[[Open Source]]