"executable code" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2003, Maximum Security, fourth, page 324",
          "text": "Other types of macros, shell scripts, batch files, interpretable source code, even Postscript files also contain executable code, and are, in theory, vulnerable to virus attack.",
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          "ref": "2008, Arnold Robbins, Nelson H. F. Beebe, Classic Shell Scripting: Hidden Commands that Unlock the Power of Unix, page 158",
          "text": "The script itself contains variable and command substitution, the read command, and a while loop to get everything done in less than 10 lines of executable code!",
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          "ref": "2012, Ivan Ivanov, Marten van Sinderen, Boris Shishkov, editors, Cloud Computing and Services Science, page 7",
          "text": "“Scripts” are distinct from the executable code of the application, as they are usually written in a different language with distinct semantics.",
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        "Instructions for a computer in a form the computer can directly use (i.e. which it can execute). Derived from source code by compiling or assembling and linking."
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          "source code",
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        [
          "assembling",
          "assembling"
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          "linking",
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        "(computing) Instructions for a computer in a form the computer can directly use (i.e. which it can execute). Derived from source code by compiling or assembling and linking."
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "code in the form a computer can directly use",
          "word": "konekielinen koodi"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "jikkō kōdo",
          "sense": "code in the form a computer can directly use",
          "word": "実行コード"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "code in the form a computer can directly use",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "cod executabil"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ispolnímyj kod",
          "sense": "code in the form a computer can directly use",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "исполни́мый код"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ispolnjájemyj kod",
          "sense": "code in the form a computer can directly use",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "исполня́емый код"
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  "word": "executable code"
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          "ref": "2003, Maximum Security, fourth, page 324",
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        },
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          "ref": "2008, Arnold Robbins, Nelson H. F. Beebe, Classic Shell Scripting: Hidden Commands that Unlock the Power of Unix, page 158",
          "text": "The script itself contains variable and command substitution, the read command, and a while loop to get everything done in less than 10 lines of executable code!",
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        },
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          "ref": "2012, Ivan Ivanov, Marten van Sinderen, Boris Shishkov, editors, Cloud Computing and Services Science, page 7",
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        "Instructions for a computer in a form the computer can directly use (i.e. which it can execute). Derived from source code by compiling or assembling and linking."
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        "(computing) Instructions for a computer in a form the computer can directly use (i.e. which it can execute). Derived from source code by compiling or assembling and linking."
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "code in the form a computer can directly use",
      "word": "konekielinen koodi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jikkō kōdo",
      "sense": "code in the form a computer can directly use",
      "word": "実行コード"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "code in the form a computer can directly use",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "cod executabil"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ispolnímyj kod",
      "sense": "code in the form a computer can directly use",
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      ],
      "word": "исполни́мый код"
    },
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      ],
      "word": "исполня́емый код"
    }
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  "word": "executable code"
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