machine-generated code

noun phrase
UK /məˈʃiːn ˈdʒɛnəreɪtɪd kəʊd/
US /məˈʃiːn ˈdʒɛnəreɪtɪd koʊd/

Code that a computer program writes by itself instead of a person typing it.

The website builder produced machine-generated code for the whole page in seconds.

SYNONYMS

auto-generated codecomputer-generated codeprogrammatically generated codesynthetic codeautomated code

RELATED WORDS

code generatorcompilertemplate enginescaffoldingsource code

OTHER MEANINGS

2. Code produced by a compiler or build tool from a higher-level source file.

The build folder is full of machine-generated code that developers never edit by hand.

3. Code written by an AI coding assistant from a natural-language prompt.

She reviewed the machine-generated code carefully before adding it to the project.

4. Boilerplate code created automatically by a framework or IDE wizard.

The framework's machine-generated code handled the database setup for us.