<s>
In	O
computing	O
,	O
object	B-Language
code	I-Language
or	O
object	B-Application
module	I-Application
is	O
the	O
product	O
of	O
a	O
compiler	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
general	O
sense	O
object	B-Language
code	I-Language
is	O
a	O
sequence	O
of	O
statements	O
or	O
instructions	O
in	O
a	O
computer	O
language	O
,	O
usually	O
a	O
machine	B-Language
code	I-Language
language	O
(	O
i.e.	O
,	O
binary	O
)	O
or	O
an	O
intermediate	O
language	O
such	O
as	O
register	B-Application
transfer	I-Application
language	I-Application
(	O
RTL	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
indicates	O
that	O
the	O
code	O
is	O
the	O
goal	O
or	O
result	O
of	O
the	O
compiling	B-Language
process	O
,	O
with	O
some	O
early	O
sources	O
referring	O
to	O
source	O
code	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
subject	O
program	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Object	B-Application
files	I-Application
can	O
in	O
turn	O
be	O
linked	B-Application
to	O
form	O
an	O
executable	B-Application
file	I-Application
or	O
library	B-Library
file	I-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
,	O
object	B-Language
code	I-Language
must	O
either	O
be	O
placed	O
in	O
an	O
executable	B-Application
file	I-Application
,	O
a	O
library	B-Library
file	I-Library
,	O
or	O
an	O
object	B-Application
file	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Object	B-Language
code	I-Language
is	O
a	O
portion	O
of	O
machine	B-Language
code	I-Language
that	O
has	O
not	O
yet	O
been	O
linked	B-Application
into	O
a	O
complete	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
machine	B-Language
code	I-Language
for	O
one	O
particular	O
library	O
or	O
module	O
that	O
will	O
make	O
up	O
the	O
completed	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
may	O
also	O
contain	O
placeholders	O
or	O
offsets	O
,	O
not	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
machine	B-Language
code	I-Language
of	O
a	O
completed	O
program	O
,	O
that	O
the	O
linker	B-Application
will	O
use	O
to	O
connect	O
everything	O
together	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Whereas	O
machine	B-Language
code	I-Language
is	O
binary	O
code	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
executed	O
directly	O
by	O
the	O
CPU	O
,	O
object	B-Language
code	I-Language
has	O
the	O
jumps	O
partially	O
parametrized	O
so	O
that	O
a	O
linker	B-Application
can	O
fill	O
them	O
in	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
assembler	B-Language
is	O
used	O
to	O
convert	O
assembly	B-Language
code	I-Language
into	O
machine	B-Language
code	I-Language
(	O
object	B-Language
code	I-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
linker	B-Application
links	O
several	O
object	O
(	O
and	O
library	O
)	O
files	O
to	O
generate	O
an	O
executable	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Assemblers	B-Language
can	O
also	O
assemble	O
directly	O
to	O
machine	B-Language
code	I-Language
executable	B-Application
files	I-Application
without	O
the	O
object	O
intermediary	O
step	O
.	O
</s>
