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The 23 pages that link to Source code, each with the reason it gives.

• CompilerRelated: It is the input that a source-to-target compiler translates.

• Computer programmingBroader topic: Source code is the written form that programmers create and revise.

• Character encodingRelated: A compiler must decode source bytes into the intended characters.

• Proprietary softwareRelated: Withholding it prevents users from inspecting or modifying the program directly.

• Richard StallmanRelated: Access to source code is necessary for studying and modifying software, freedoms Stallman championed.

• Video game preservationRelated: Access to game source code can support study, rebuilding, and long-term maintenance.

• CopyleftRelated: Software copyleft licenses often require corresponding source code to accompany distributed binaries.

• GNU General Public LicenseRelated: The GPL requires corresponding source in specified forms of distribution.

• Reverse engineeringCompared with: Direct access to source can replace some inference from compiled artifacts.

• Free softwareRelated: Access to source code makes studying and modifying software possible.

• Trade secretRelated: Companies may protect valuable, nonpublic code as a trade secret.

• Free software movementRelated: Studying and modifying software requires access to its source code.

• BytecodeNarrower topic: Bytecode is often generated from source code by a compiler.

• Generative artRelated: In software-based works, source code can serve as both the generative system and an artistic artifact.

• Software developmentBroader topic: Developers express a system's behavior and structure in source code.

• ExecutableNarrower topic: Many executables begin as source code that is compiled into machine instructions.

• High-level programming languageRelated: High-level programs are commonly authored and maintained as source code.

• Software documentationCompared with: Code specifies executable behavior; documentation explains that behavior and its context.

• Computer programBroader topic: Source code is one representation of a program, not necessarily the form executed by a processor.

• Electronic literatureRelated: In code-based literature, executable instructions can carry expressive and structural meaning.

• SoftwareBroader topic: Source code is the editable form from which many software programs are built.

• Text fileRelated: Programming languages are often written and shared in text files.

• Object codeCompared with: Source code expresses a program before compilation or assembly produces object code.