compiler
[kuh m-pahy-ler]
- a person who compiles.
- Also called compiling routine. Computers. a computer program that translates a program written in a high-level language into another language, usually machine language.Compare interpreter(def 3a).
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Origin of compiler
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Contemporary Examples
Today, Cunard is best known as the compiler and publisher of Negro: An Anthology (1934).
Jacobus, né Jacopo, was a 13th-century Genoan archbishop and compiler of what we might call Lies of the Saints.
Historical Examples
This story was first put about by the compiler of "The Lives of the Poets," in 1753.
The Man ShakespeareFrank Harris
The author and compiler of this work is the editor of "Yachting."
TaxidermyLeon Luther Pray
It would appear that Aretaeus is not an independent writer, but mainly a compiler.
The Legacy of GreeceVarious
Here the compiler leaves his task: the inferences may be drawn by experts.
The Valet's Tragedy and Other StoriesAndrew Lang
You are not a reporter; not a compiler of dossiers; not a photographer.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2George Saintsbury
compiler
- a person who collects or compiles something
- 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 computerCompare assembler
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Word Origin and History for compiler
n.
early 14c., from Anglo-French compilour, Old French compileur "author, chronicler," from Latin compilatorem, agent noun from compilare (see compile). Another form of the word current in early Modern English was compilator, directly from the Latin.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
compiler
[kəm-pī′lər]
- 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. See more at programming language.
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