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source code vs source-code

Both 'source code' and 'source-code' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Source code' is more commonly used and refers to the code written by a programmer in a high-level language. 'Source-code' is less common and is used when referring to the actual code files or documents.

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source code

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use 'source code' when referring to the code written by a programmer in a high-level language.

Examples:

The developer shared the source code of the application with the team.
Understanding the source code is essential for debugging software.

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Since Microsoft has not revealed its source code, any assessment amounts to pure speculation.
Your source code's telling me how they got in.
She survived, but only inside the source code.
I have never been on the other side of a source code mission.
You know the source code, Max.
I checked the signature elements in TRAKZER's source code against our malware database.
Lucas could have recovered some of ARC's source code through its memory.
She survived, but only inside the source code.
You cannot exist inside the source code beyond Fentress's eight minutes.
Now, the deaths on that train were a tragedy, but source code empowers us...
You cannot alter the continuum of this reality from within the source code.
So, let's clear his memory and reinitialize source code.
We're going in to retrieve the source code for the new operating system.
Go ahead and use the source code.
So there's that as a site for source code management.
At the top, you'll notice a section of source code.
Framework for source code analysis of software written in C
The source code for & koffice; should now be installed on your system.
Using & cmd-resume-from; will skip the source code update.
The source code of the active article is opened in a new window.

Alternatives:

codebase
programming code
software code
program code
coding

source-code

This phrase is correct but less commonly used in English.

Use 'source-code' when referring to the actual code files or documents.

Examples:

The source-code repository contains all the project files.
Make sure to back up the source-code regularly.

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When this is enabled, you can browse the source-code by clicking in the editor.
Format long source-code comments like license-headers or descriptions using different styles
Select an icon and use it as a KIcon in your source-code
Ludd released the source code protecting trade data for international stockholders.
Source code is not time travel. Rather, source code is time reassignment.
Since Microsoft has not revealed its source code, any assessment amounts to pure speculation.
Your source code's telling me how they got in.
You know the source code, Max.
I checked the signature elements in TRAKZER's source code against our malware database.
Lucas could have recovered some of ARC's source code through its memory.
She survived, but only inside the source code.
You cannot exist inside the source code beyond Fentress's eight minutes.
Source code is not time travel.
Rather, source code is time reassignment.
Now, the deaths on that train were a tragedy, but source code empowers us...
You cannot alter the continuum of this reality from within the source code.
So, let's clear his memory and reinitialize source code.
We're going in to retrieve the source code for the new operating system.
Go ahead and use the source code.
So there's that as a site for source code management.

Alternatives:

codebase
programming code
software code
program code
coding

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