Meaning

2 senses
  1. One who compiles.

    a compiler of poetry anthologies

    my favourite crossword compiler

    Kompilator

    состави́тельsostavítelʹ, компиля́торkompiljátor

    укладачukladač

    a person who compiles information (as for reference purposes)

  2. A computer program that transforms source code into object code.

    Compiler, Kompiler, Übersetzer

    компиля́торkompiljátor

Examples

1 sentences
  1. GCC is a compiler while Python is an interpreter.

    ruGCC - это компилятор, в то время как Python - интерпретатор. — odexed

    deGCC ist ein Compiler während Python ein Interpreter ist. — Zurich899

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a person who compiles:
Русский
By meaning 1
a person who compiles:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
a person who compiles:
computer program:

Origin

From Middle English compilour, from Anglo-Norman compilour, from Old French compileur, fro

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

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Forms

plural: compilers
Singularcompiler
Pluralcompilers

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program:compiling program

Word family

1 related words
Relatedcompile

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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