Editing Object code

'''Object code''' has been defined as “a [[translation]] of the [[source code]] language into the [[machine language]] of the [[computer]] (e.g., [[binary]] coding using zeros and ones or hexadecimal coding using letters and numbers or octal coding using zero to seven) that the [[computer]] [[execute]]s. Only [[instruction]]s expressed in object code can be used ‘directly’ by the [[computer]]. Thus the [[source code]] is [[convert]]ed into electrical impulses to carry out the tasks set forth in the [[source code]]. The [[binary]] code of [[machine code]] (or object code) is virtually unintelligible to [[programmer]]s.”<ref>[[CONTU Final Report]] 54 n.109 (1978).</ref>

:“Object code often is directly [[execute|executable]] by the [[computer]] into which it is entered. It sometimes contains [[instruction]]s, however, that are readable only by [[computer]]s containing a particular [[processor]], such as a Pentium [[processor]], or a specific [[operating system]] such as [[Microsoft]] Windows. In such instances, a [[computer]] lacking the specific [[processor]] or [[operating system]] can [[execute]] the object code only if it has an [[emulator]] program that simulates the necessary [[processor]] or [[operating system]] or if the [[code]] first is run through a [[translator ]] [[program]] that [[convert]]s it into object code readable by that [[computer]].”<ref>[[Universal City Studios v. Reimerdes|Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Reimerdes,]] 111 F. Supp. 2d 294, 306 n.18 (S.D.N.Y. 2000) (footnotes omitted).</ref>

Object code is not readable by humans and for a lengthy [[program]], the object code is so long and complex that it would take a skilled [[programmer]] months (and perhaps years) to understand how the [[program]] works and to extract any underlying [[idea]]s or [[algorithm]]s. This difficulty enables [[software developer]]s to [[distribute]]d their [[program]]s to the public with confidence that any [[trade secret]]s contained in the object code will not be able to be extracted without an enormous investment of time and highly skilled manpower.

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+'''Object code''' has been defined as “a [[translation]] of the [[source code]] language into the [[machine language]] of the [[computer]] (e.g., [[binary]] coding using zeros and ones or hexadecimal coding using letters and numbers or octal coding using zero to seven) that the [[computer]] [[execute]]s. Only [[instruction]]s expressed in object code can be used ‘directly’ by the [[computer]]. Thus the [[source code]] is [[convert]]ed into electrical impulses to carry out the tasks set forth in the [[source code]]. The [[binary]] code of [[machine code]] (or object code) is virtually unintelligible to [[programmer]]s.”<ref>[[CONTU Final Report]] 54 n.109 (1978).</ref>
-== Definitions ==
+:“Object code often is directly [[execute|executable]] by the [[computer]] into which it is entered. It sometimes contains [[instruction]]s, however, that are readable only by [[computer]]s containing a particular [[processor]], such as a Pentium [[processor]], or a specific [[operating system]] such as [[Microsoft]] Windows. In such instances, a [[computer]] lacking the specific [[processor]] or [[operating system]] can [[execute]] the object code only if it has an [[emulator]] program that simulates the necessary [[processor]] or [[operating system]] or if the [[code]] first is run through a [[translator ]] [[program]] that [[convert]]s it into object code readable by that [[computer]].”<ref>[[Universal City Studios v. Reimerdes|Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Reimerdes,]] 111 F. Supp. 2d 294, 306 n.18 (S.D.N.Y. 2000) (footnotes omitted).</ref>
-'''Object code''' (also called '''machine code''') is
+Object code is not readable by humans and for a lengthy [[program]], the object code is so long and complex that it would take a skilled [[programmer]] months (and perhaps years) to understand how the [[program]] works and to extract any underlying [[idea]]s or [[algorithm]]s. This difficulty enables [[software developer]]s to [[distribute]]d their [[program]]s to the public with confidence that any [[trade secret]]s contained in the object code will not be able to be extracted without an enormous investment of time and highly skilled manpower.
-{{Quote|a [[translation]] of the [[source code]] language into the [[machine language]] of the [[computer]] (e.g., [[binary]] coding using zeros and ones or [[hexadecimal]] coding using letters and numbers or [[octal]] coding using zero to seven) that the [[computer]] [[execute]]s. Only [[instruction]]s expressed in object code can be used ‘directly’ by the [[computer]]. Thus the [[source code]] is [[convert]]ed into electrical impulses to carry out the tasks set forth in the [[source code]]. The [[binary]] code of [[machine code]] (or object code) is virtually unintelligible to [[programmer]]s.<ref>[[CONTU Final Report]] 54 n.109 (1978).</ref>}}
-{{Quote|[a] representation of a [[computer program]] that is written in a [[machine language]] consisting of [[binary code]] (i.e., ones and zeroes). Object code is comprehensible to a [[computer]] or other [[electronic device]], but as a general rule, it is not comprehensible to human beings.<ref>[[Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices, Third Edition]], Glossary, at 11.</ref>}}
-{{Quote|[a]n equipment executable form of a convenient expression of one or more [[process]]es ([[source code]] . . .) that has been [[convert]]ed by a [[programming system]].<ref>U.S. [[Export Administration Regulations]], Part 772 (15 C.F.R. §772.1).</ref>}}
-{{Quote|[[Computer instruction|[c]omputer instruction]]s and [[data]] definitions in a form that is [[output]] by an [[assembler]] or [[compiler]]. Typically [[machine language]].<ref>[[Defense Acquisition University]], Glossary, at B-124 (13th ed. Nov. 2009) ([http://www.dau.mil/pubscats/PubsCats/13th_Edition_Glossary.pdf full-text]).</ref>}}
-{{Quote|the [[binary]] language comprised of zeros and ones through which the [[computer]] directly receives its instructions.<ref>[[Computer Associates v. Altai|Computer Associates Int'l, Inc. v. Altai, Inc.]], 982 F.2d 693, 698 (2d Cir. 1992) ([http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=6976925648486076739&q=982+F.2d+693&hl=en&as_sdt=2006 full-text]).</ref>}}
-== Overview ==
-{{Quote|Object code often is directly [[execute|executable]] by the [[computer]] into which it is entered. It sometimes contains [[instruction]]s, however, that are [[readable]] only by [[computer]]s containing a particular [[processor]], such as a Pentium [[processor]], or a specific [[operating system]] such as [[Microsoft]] Windows. In such instances, a [[computer]] lacking the specific [[processor]] or [[operating system]] can [[execute]] the object code only if it has an [[emulator]] program that simulates the necessary [[processor]] or [[operating system]] or if the [[code]] first is run through a [[translator]] [[program]] that [[convert]]s it into object code [[readable]] by that [[computer]].<ref>[[Universal City Studios v. Reimerdes|Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Reimerdes,]] 111 F.Supp.2d 294, 306 n.18 (S.D.N.Y. 2000) ([http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=4887310188384829978&q=111+F.Supp.2d+294&hl=en&as_sdt=2002 full-text]) (footnotes omitted).</ref>}}
-Object code is not [[human-readable]] and for a lengthy [[program]], the object code is so long and complex that it would take a skilled [[programmer]] months (and perhaps years) to understand how the [[program]] works and to extract any underlying [[idea]]s or [[algorithm]]s. This difficulty enables [[software developer]]s to [[distribute]]d their [[program]]s to the public with confidence that any [[trade secret]]s contained in the object code will not be able to be extracted without an enormous investment of time and highly skilled manpower.
 == References ==
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 [[Category:Software]]
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