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compiler

[ kuhm-pahy-ler ]

noun

  1. a person who compiles, or gathers things together.
  2. Also called com·pil·ing rou·tine [k, uh, m-, pahy, -ling roo-teen]. Computers. a computer program that translates a program written in a high-level language into another language, usually machine language. Compare interpreter ( def 3a ).


compiler

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noun

  1. a person who collects or compiles something
  2. 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

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  1. 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.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of compiler1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English compilour, from Anglo-French; Old French compileor, from Late Latin ³¦´Ç³¾±èÄ«±ôÄå³Ù´Ç°ù; equivalent to compile + -er 2
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The first ever series of Countdown was won that year by crossword compiler Joyce Cansfield.

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Last century, program compilers accelerated software development by rapidly translating commands into ones and zeros that computers can understand.

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By contrast, Now was a joint venture between two of the UK's biggest record labels, EMI and Virgin, giving compilers immediate access to the day's biggest songs.

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Edward Mathers worked as a crossword compiler for The Observer newspaper under the pseudonym Torquemada.

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He joined the growing computer research team at Carnegie Mellon, working on programming architecture such as compilers, which “translate†source code into specific functions.

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