source file

English

Noun

source file (plural source files)

  1. (computing) A file containing the editable content of a digital resource, used to create a distribution format.
    • UNESCO (2019), “Recommendation on Open Educational Resources (OER)”, in UNESCO Legal Affairs‎[1], archived from the original on 11 October 2026: “developing mechanisms to support and incentivize all stakeholders to publish source files and accessible OER using standard open file formats in public repositories.”
    • “Source File”, in PC Magazine Encyclopedia‎[2], (Can we date this quote?), archived from the original on 5 September 2026: “the text files of this encyclopedia, which are continuously edited, become the source files for deployment each cycle”
  2. (programming) A file containing the source code of a software.
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