Definitions:

1. A fully compiled or assembled program ready to be loaded into the computer. NOUN
   • The object program must be loaded into memory before it can be executed.
2. The machine-readable version of a program that has been translated from source code by a compiler or assembler. NOUN
   • The compiler successfully generated the object program without errors.
3. The output of a compiler usually consisting of object code that the computer can understand or that can be further linked into an executable file. NOUN
   • Before running the program, the object program must be linked with other modules.

Synonyms:

• executable linker
• object code
• source program
• target program