title: P-Code (disambiguation)
text: # P-Code (disambiguation)
  
  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
  
  ## 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
  