compiler
[kuh m-pahy-ler]
noun
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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compiler
noun
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compiler
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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compiler
[kəm-pī′lər]
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