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compiler
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun compiler has 2 senses
- compiler(n = noun.person) Array - a person who compiles information (as for reference purposes); Array has particulars: encyclopaedist, encyclopedist, lexicographer, lexicologist
- compiler(n = noun.communication) compiling program - (computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program; Array is a kind of computer program, computer programme, program, programme
is a kind of author, writer
Derived form verb compile2
has particulars: c compiler, fortran compiler, lisp compiler, pascal compiler
has parts: parser
Derived form verb compile3
CIDE DICTIONARY
compiler, n. [OE. compiluor; cf. OF. compileor, fr. L. compilator.].
- One who compiles; esp., one who makes books by compilation. [1913 Webster]
- a computer program that decodes instructions written in a higher-level computer language to produce an assembly-language program or an executable program in machine language. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
compiler, n.
1 Computing a program for translating a high-level programming language into machine code.
2 a person who compiles.
1 Computing a program for translating a high-level programming language into machine code.
2 a person who compiles.
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