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(computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program
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compiler
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a person who compiles (or writes for) encyclopedias [syn: encyclopedist , encyclopaedist ] (computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program [syn: compiling program ]
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A compiler is a computer program (or a set of programs) that transforms source code written in a programming language (the source language) into another computer language (the target language), with the latter often having a binary form known as object ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ About half of the instances in other jurists seem to be the work of the compilers. ▪ C3 includes a graphical development environment, a graphical browser, a compiler and interactive debugger. ▪ Dictionary compilers recognise ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 14c., from Anglo-French compilour , Old French compileur "author, chronicler," from Latin compilatorem , agent noun from compilare (see compile ). Another form of the word current in early Modern English was compilator , directly from the Latin.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Compiler \Com*pil"er\ (k[o^]m*p[imac]l"[~e]r), n. [OE. compiluor; cf. OF. compileor, fr. L. compilator.] One who compiles; esp., one who makes books by compilation. (Computers) a computer program that decodes instructions written in a higher-level computer ...
Usage examples of compiler.
Vaporized drugs, straight from the matter compiler, were flowing down that tube and into his lungs, working to keep his bronchi from spasming shut.
It is their view that one day, instead of Feeds terminating in matter compilers, we will have Seeds that, sown on the earth, will sprout up into houses, hamburgers, spaceships, and books- that the Seed will develop inevitably from the Feed, and that upon it will be founded a more highly evolved society.
My theory is that Bill wandered into BH one day, possibly to be interviewed on Radio 4 about bird-watching or to deliver an envelope of money to the playlist compilers at Radio 1 and he never found his way out again.
However some subjects, which it embraces, may have undergone more complete investigation, on the general view of the whole period, this history is the sole undisputed authority to which all defer, and from which few appeal to the original writers, or to more modern compilers.
It would work like gangbusters, because every piece of software that was developed to drive the number five switches had to be run through the compiler.
Are these reports copyrighted - and if so, by whom - by the database compiler or by the user who defined the parameters, without which the reports in question would have never been generated?
Book XI, the second paragraph of which is evidently a note by the compilers of the Work, enumerating ten of the principal disciples, and classifying them according to their distinguishing characteristics.
By careful comparison of many prescriptions, and by the aid of Schroder, Salmon, Culpeper, and other old compilers, I have deciphered many of his difficult paragraphs with their mysterious recipes.
Thou art already proved by thwackings, seasoned to the undertaking, and I doubt not thou art he that will finish with that tadpole Shagpat, and sit in the high seat, thy name an odour in distant lands, a joy to the historian, the Compiler of Events, thou Master of the Event, the greatest which time will witness for ages to come.
The stuff was grown in illicit matter compilers, squirreled away in vacant low-rent housing blocks, and carried by the runners to the actual street dealers.
Waiting in a queue for one of the free matter compilers, a bum said, "One of them Ashanti gave me five yuks.
Use of these compilers had to be logged, so he identified himself and the project first.
X for the use of one of his matter compilers, which was connected to private Sources owned by Dr.
These containers could be loaded on board with cranes and hooked up to the matter compilers in the same way that Feed lines would be if they resided on shore.
It is their view that one day, instead of Feeds terminating in matter compilers, we will have Seeds that, sown on the earth, will sprout up into houses, hamburgers, spaceships, and books that the Seed will develop inevitably from the Feed, and that upon it will be founded a more highly evolved society.