compiler (redirected from Compiler theory)

com·pil·er  (km-plr)

n.

1. One that compiles: a compiler of anthologies.

2. Computer Science A program that translates another program written in a high-level language into machine language so that it can be executed.

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compiler [kəmˈpaɪlə]

n

1. a person who collects or compiles something

2. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) 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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compiler  (km-plr)

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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	compiler - a person who compiles information (as for reference purposes) encyclopaedist, encyclopedist - a person who compiles information for encyclopedias lexicographer, lexicologist - a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language author, writer - writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
	2.	compiler - (computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program compiling program computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures computer program, computer programme, programme, program - (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines of code" C compiler - a compiler for programs written in C Fortran compiler - a compiler for programs written in FORTRAN LISP compiler - a compiler for programs written in LISP Pascal compiler - a compiler for programs written in Pascal parser - a computer program that divides code up into functional components; "compilers must parse source code in order to translate it into object code"

Translations

compiler [kəmˈpaɪləʳ] N [of catalogue, list, dictionary] → compilador(a) m/f (also Comput); [of information] → recopilador(a) m/f

compiler [kəmˈpaɪlə^r] n

(= writer) [book, report, list, dictionary] → rédacteur/trice m/f

(COMPUTING) (= program) → compilateur m

compiler

n (of dictionary) → Verfasser(in) m(f); (Comput) → Compiler m; who’s the compiler of this list? → wer hat diese Liste zusammengestellt?

compiler [kəmˈpaɪləʳ] n → compilatore/trice