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machine code are similar in that both are sets of detailed instructions setting forth the order in which the hardware of a computer is to execute its primitive functions in order to carry out a particular task.  Source code, however, is a written text in a human-readable computer programming language.<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >72  </FONT>Machine code is the set of electrical pulses that, more or less, correspond to the source code and make the program instructions "readable" by the computer.<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >73  </FONT>Machine code is not readable by human beings.  In general, only machine-readable forms of programs are</div> <div> ____________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>      70.  A bill, HR 6945 (1982) was introduced in the House of Representatives on August 12, 1982 that would ammend <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Symbol" >x</FONT> 101 of 17 U.S.C. ... the bill did not become law.</div> <div>      71.  The computer program case ... to be considered.  <I>See e.g.</I> Apple Computer, Inc. vs. Franklin Computer Corp., 714 F.2.d (1983).  <I>See</I> I.D. Kuck, The Structure of Computer and Computations 10 (1983)...</div> <div>      72.  The CONTU Final Report defines source code and object code as follows, " ........."  CONTU Final Report, <I>supra</I> note 1, at 21 a.109.</div> <div>      73.  It is possible to write a program directly in machine-readable form, but this is rarely done because of the difficulty of writing in machine language.  See <I>infra</I> note 1, at 21 a.109.</div> <div>      74.  In the source code form, ...earlier written form of the program.  Examine an encoded ROM chip </div> <div> with an oscilloscope, see <I>supra</I> note 32 for an explanation and <I>infra</I> note 218 and accompanying text.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>