Definitions

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  • noun computing A very low-level code that is machine independent and enables a compiled file to be run on different processor types.

Etymologies

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From pseudo + code

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  • Many of them realized that the whole bytecode, write once run anywhere was done in 1969 (p-code) and that if those hyping Java didn't know that, they didn't have enough experience to know if it was good or not.

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  • Of course, the p-code interpreter fit on a single sided floppy with room to spare and ran acceptably on a 6502 ....

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  • Microsoft used a "p-code C Compiler" to quickly port Multiplan to most any computing platform.

    eWeek - RSS Feeds 2009

  • Microsoft used a "p-code C Compiler" to quickly port Multiplan to most any computing platform.

    Microsoft Watch 2009

  • As you know, programs in Visual Basic can be compiled into interpreted p-code or into native code.

    Softpedia - Windows - All 2009

  • VB Decompiler restores many p-code instructions and although there is a long way to the generation of the source code that can be compiled, the decompiler will make analyzing the program algorithm much easier and partially restore its source code.

    Softpedia - Windows - All 2009

  • Well call java bytecode "p-code" is inappropriate, bytecode is not machine code (bytecode - >

    Hottest News Articles 2009

  • Well call java bytecode "p-code" is inappropriate, bytecode is not machine code (bytecode - >

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