p-code

/P IY1 K OW0 D/
noun
  1. 1

    A very low-level code that is machine-independent and enables a compiled file to be run on different processor types.

    โ€œMost implementations of the Pascal programming language employed a p-code system to achieve a greater level of machine independence.โ€

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