compiler
Americannoun
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a person who compiles, or gathers things together.
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Also called compiling routine. Computers. a computer program that translates a program written in a high-level language into another language, usually machine language.
noun
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a person who collects or compiles something
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a computer program by which a high-level programming language, such as COBOL or FORTRAN, is converted into machine language that can be acted upon by a computer Compare assembler
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A computer program associated with certain programming languages that converts the instructions written in those languages into machine code that can later be executed directly by a computer.
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See more at programming language
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of compiler
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English compilour, from Anglo-French; Old French compileor, from Late Latin compīlātor; equivalent to compile + -er 2
Example Sentences
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Groq then ran that model through Groq Compiler which automatically adds specific code for it to run on its own computing system.
From Reuters • Mar. 9, 2023
Compiler Markit said levels of production and new orders fell in all of the euro zone countries covered by the survey for the second month running.
From Reuters • Jan. 2, 2012
Its curator is a Swede named Magnus Puke, whose job title at Ladbrokes is Nordic Sports and Novelty Odds Compiler, and who writes love poetry in his spare time.
From BusinessWeek • Oct. 3, 2011
Compiler Smith lists his proverbs alphabetically, dates the earliest published examples, gives illustrative quotations, but is not always able to explain their origins.
From Time Magazine Archive
According to Priestley and himself, the great Compiler is here in an error.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold
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