Hot swapping can also refer to the ability to alter the running code of a program without needing to interrupt its execution.

Alternatively there is an emerging class of software which can localize an application without altering the underlying code in any way.

At the time, he was attending a class on biological re-engineering in which he and his classmates were altering the genetic code of various bugs.

Early modifications altered the game's multimedia and the executable by directly patching the compiled code.

In this pristine form it would be relatively easy to alter the code.

You can alter the code on a developer's machine.

Duncan must have altered the code.

Scientists altered the genetic code of children to protect them from an impending alien invasion.

It is known as the first example of consumer-friendly "game enhancement" by means of directly altering the binary code of a game.

The early programmers had to make use of techniques frowned upon today-especially altering the code.