Source code
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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.
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.
/* This is a C language program comment */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
main()
{
printf("Hello wolrd.");
}