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<p>In <a href="/facts/Computing/Kghtm9fX">computing</a>, object code or object module is the product of an <a href="/facts/Assembler_(computing)/7XuV0cla">assembler</a> or <a href="/facts/Compiler/WNfCDFJe">compiler</a>. </p><p>In a general sense, object code is a sequence of <a href="/facts/Statement_(computer_science)/bEkBufqX">statements</a> or instructions in a computer language, usually a <a href="/facts/Machine_code/bgdQ1Fxf">machine code</a> language (i.e., <a href="/facts/Binary_file/ysttM8hh">binary</a>) or an intermediate language such as <a href="/facts/Register_transfer_language/MW0nrdUy">register transfer language</a> (RTL). The term indicates that the code is the <a href="/facts/Goal/N5UtLKVk">goal</a> or result of the compiling process, with some early sources referring to source code as a "subject program". </p>