program code

The actual set of instructions which form a program. This is either the source text of a program, which is later compiled, or the actual instruction codes of a machine-code program. Program: a series of coded software instructions to control the operation of a computer or other machine. By permission of Oxford University Press, Inc "Oxford English Dictionary" edited by Simpson, J & Weiner, E (1989) Free permission.

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Programming
   writing programs