P-code is an alternative term for bytecode, machine-independent code that achieves independence by targeting a p-code machine, a virtual machine designed for running p-code rather than the intention to emulate any specific hardware architecture.
P-code may also refer to:
Computing
Microsoft P-Code, an alternative binary format for Microsoft Windows libraries and applications P-code, obfuscated code in MATLAB P-code, the intermediate representation of the PL/SQL compiler, also known as m-code P-code, UCSD Pascal system bytecode, executed by a P-code machine
Other uses Precision code, used in the Global Positioning System P-codes, engine diagnostic codes; See Table of OBD-II Codes Place code, an address system used by emergency response teams