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compiler
CIDE DICTIONARY
compiler, n. [OE. compiluor; cf. OF. compileor, fr. L. compilator.].
- One who compiles; esp., one who makes books by compilation. [1913 Webster]
- a computer program that decodes instructions written in a higher-level computer language to produce an assembly-language program or an executable program in machine language. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
compiler, n.
1 Computing a program for translating a high-level programming language into machine code.
2 a person who compiles.
1 Computing a program for translating a high-level programming language into machine code.
2 a person who compiles.
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