Question

as part of the lifecycle of a program, after a computer programmer writes the code, it is then compiled and usually used to create an executable file to be run on the cpu. the code that is run through the compiler is known as what?
machine code
binary code
ram
source code

Explanation:

• Machine Code: It is the low - level code that the CPU can directly execute, not the code fed into the compiler.
• Binary Code: It is a form of representing data using 0s and 1s. It can be part of machine code but is not the code that goes into the compiler.
• RAM: Random - Access Memory is a type of computer memory used for temporary data storage while a program runs, not related to the code for compilation.
• Source Code: This is the code written by the programmer in a high - level programming language, which is then compiled to create an executable file.

Answer:

D. Source Code