Diff between Object Code and Binaries

[nzxhvr70]

Newbie here:

I read and hear the terms object code (.o) and binaries. Are they referring to the same files?

Thanks.

[MrHutch]

Object files are just files that the compiler creates from source that get linked together into the executable files.

Binary files are any non-text files, really. Your executable would be a binary file. So would images, sounds etc.

[LB]

In the context of programming, "binaries" contain compiled code for a target system. DLLs, EXEs, LIBs, etc. are all binaries. In the context of programming a PNG would not be considered a binary, but a resource, even though it uses a non-text format.