Definition: Bytecode is the compiled code that compilers for Java and C# produce. It isn't true machine code but a simpler code made up of instructions that are one byte long. Hence the name.
Microsoft's .NET framework calls it Common Intermediate Language (CIL).
Glossary:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZAlso Known As: Common Intermediate Language
Examples:
Bytecode is as readable as machine code.
