compiler
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com·pil·er
(kəm-pī′lər)n.
1. One that compiles: a compiler of anthologies.
2. Computers A program that translates another program written in a high-level language into machine language so that it can be executed.
compiler
(kəmˈpaɪlə)n
1. a person who collects or compiles something
2. (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
com•pil•er
(kəmˈpaɪ lər)n.
1. a person who compiles.
2. a computer program that translates a program written in a high-level language into another language. Compare interpreter (def. 2).
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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 |
2. | compiler - (computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language 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
مُؤَلِّف، جامِع
kompilátorpřekladačsestavitel
kompilatorredaktør
kääntäjä
kompajlerkompilator
fræðimaðuròÿîandiþýðandiþýðingarforritvistþýðandi
コンパイラ
kompilátor
derleyici
compiler
[kəmˈpaɪləʳ] N [of catalogue, list, dictionary] → compilador(a) m/f (also Comput); [of information] → recopilador(a) m/fcompiler
[kəmˈpaɪlər] 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/tricecompile
(kəmˈpail) verb to make (a book, table etc) from information collected from other books etc. He compiled a French dictionary.
compilation (kompiˈleiʃən) nouncomˈpiler noun