interpreter
[ in-tur-pri-ter ]
/ ɪnˈtɜr prɪ tər /
noun
a person who interprets.
a person who provides an oral translation between speakers who speak different languages.
Computers.
- hardware or software that transforms one statement at a time of a program written in a high-level language into a sequence of machine actions and executes the statement immediately before going on to transform the next statement.Compare compiler (def. 2).
- an electromechanical device that reads the patterns of holes in punched cards and prints the same data on the cards, so that they can be read more conveniently by people.
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interpreter
/ (ɪnˈtɜːprɪtə) /
noun
a person who translates orally from one language into another
a person who interprets the work of others
computing
- a program that translates a second program to machine code one statement at a time and causes the execution of the resulting code as soon as the translation is completed
- a machine that interprets the holes in a punched card and prints the corresponding characters on that card
Derived forms of interpreter
interpretership, nouninterpretress, fem nCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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