Question

what is the difference between source code and object code

Answer 1

object code is: The code produced by a compiler. Programmers write programs in a form called source code. ... The compiler produces an intermediary form called object code. Object code is often the same as or similar to a computer's machine language

Answer 2

(Source Code )                                       (Object Code)

Created by the programmer.   |||    Created by the Compiler.

Text rich document.             |||     Binary digits make up the Object Code.

Human Readable.                     |||      Machine Readable.

Can be changed over time.      |||      Needs to compile the Source code                        

                                                             each time a change is to be made.

Not system specific.               |||       System specific.

Serves as input to the compiler.  |||    It is the output of the compiler.

Instructions written using English  |||   Instructions encoded in Binary digits.

words and according to syntax of |||

the language.                            |||