sourcecontrolsite

noun

UK /ˈsɔːs kənˈtrəʊl saɪt/

US /ˈsɔːrs kənˈtroʊl saɪt/

A website where people keep and share the code for computer programs.

Our team pushed the new game code to the sourcecontrolsite so everyone could work on it.

SYNONYMS

code host repository host version control site code sharing site

RELATED WORDS

repository commit branch merge request version control

OTHER MEANINGS

2. A place on the internet that stores different versions of files so changes can be tracked.

She checked the sourcecontrolsite to see who changed the file last.

3. An online service that lets programmers work together on the same project.

The class used a sourcecontrolsite to build their robot program as a group.

4. A website that keeps backups of code so nothing gets lost.

Thanks to the sourcecontrolsite, we got our old code back after the crash.