compiler

Other forms: compilers

Definitions of compiler
  1. noun
    a person who compiles information (as for reference purposes)
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    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
    etymologist
    a lexicographer who specializes in etymology
    neologist
    a lexicographer of new words and expressions
    synonymist
    a student of synonyms
    type of:
    author, writer
    a person who writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
  2. noun
    (computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program
    synonyms: compiling program
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    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
    type of:
    computer program, computer programme, program, programme
    (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute
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