%T Extended Transputer Code \-\- a Target\-Independent Representation of Parallel Programs %A Michael D. Poole %E Peter H. Welch, Andr\[`e] W. P. Bakkers %B Proceedings of WoTUG\-21: Architectures, Languages and Patterns for Parallel and Distributed Applications %X The transputer instruction set and its symbolic representation are reviewed. An alternative representation named ETC\-code, suitable for an intermediate representation in a retargettable occam compiler, is motivated and described. The translation of such a language into a variety of alternative target languages is discussed. Its use as a representation for programs whose target processor type is not yet known is proposed.