Codebase

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The term codebase, or code base is used in software development to mean the whole collection of source code used to build a particular application or component. Typically, the codebase includes only human-written source code files, and not, e.g., source code files generated by other tools or binary library files. However, it generally does include configuration and property files.

The codebase for a project is typically stored in a source control repository.

Referring to multiple codebases as "distinct" declares that there are independent implementations without shared source code and that historically these implementations did not evolve from a common codebase. In the case of standards this may be a way of demonstrating interoperability by showing two independent pieces of software that implement a given standard.

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