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Compiler

//kəmˈpaɪlɚ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who compiles.

    "a compiler of poetry anthologies"

  2. 2
    (computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program wordnet
  3. 3
    A computer program that transforms source code into object code.

    "As a result, many compilers automatically allocate blocks of memory and then parcel chunks out to programs with a suballocator when needed. That is, the compiler allocates a chunk of some 4,000 bytes and then parcels this memory out to you in bits and pieces when you need it."

  4. 4
    a person who compiles information (as for reference purposes) wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English compilour, from Anglo-Norman compilour, from Old French compileur, from Latin compīlātōrem, equivalent to compile + -er.

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