object program
- noun
- /ˈɑbdʒɛkt ˈprɒɡræm/
- Specialized
:
programa objeto
- Typical documentation contains systems development reports, systems flowcharts, file record and report layouts, program flowcharts, decision tables, testing procedures, listings of source and object programs, and general procedures.
Examples
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After the developers finished writing the code, they compiled it into an object program ready for deployment.
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The object program can be executed by the computer without further modifications or translations.
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In software development, the final object program is crucial for ensuring that all components function as intended.
Synonyms
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7.4
Machine instructions made from a program so a computer can run it
A program that is fully prepared to be loaded and run on a computer
A file a computer can run directly, like an app
Antonyms
- Specialized
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5.6
A set of instructions written in a language people can read and later changed into code a computer can run
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a specialized computing term: the sense of "object" here (an output file produced by compilation) is technical and not the ordinary meaning a B1 learner would know. Knowing the general senses of "object" (a thing) and "program" (coded instructions) does not allow a learner to infer the compiled/ready-to-load status, so the meaning is not transparently derivable from the constituents.
Etymology
The term object program comes from early programming, when programmers turned the editable program called the 'source' into a finished object the computer could use. So an object program is a program that is 'ready to be run' by a computer.