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byte code

byte code is the alternative spelling of bytecode.

Meaning of bytecode

Noun

bytecode (countable and uncountable, plural bytecodes)

  1. P-code (various forms of instruction sets designed for efficient execution by a software interpreter as well as being suitable for further compilation into machine code).

Forms of byte code

pluralbyte codes

Questions about byte code

What is byte code the alternative spelling of?
Byte code is the alternative spelling of bytecode.

Words near byte code in the dictionary

  1. BYT
  2. bytalk
  3. byte
  4. byte bucket
  5. byte buckets
  6. byte code
  7. byte codes
  8. byte order
  9. byte order mark
  10. byte order marks
  11. byte pair encoding

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Adapted from Wiktionary: byte code (page history and authors); bytecode (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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