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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Compiler \Com*pil"er\ (k[o^]m*p[imac]l"[~e]r), n. [OE. compiluor; cf. OF. compileor, fr. L. compilator.] 1. One who compiles; esp., one who makes books by compilation. [1913 Webster] 2. (Computers) 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 +PJC]

WordNet (r) 2.0 :
compiler n 1: a person who compiles (or writes for) encyclopedias [syn: encyclopedist, encyclopaedist] 2: (computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program [syn: compiling program]

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :
compiler A program that converts another program from some source language (or programming language) to machine language (object code). Some compilers output assembly language which is then converted to {machine language} by a separate assembler. A compiler is distinguished from an assembler by the fact that each input statement does not, in general, correspond to a single machine instruction or fixed sequence of instructions. A compiler may support such features as automatic allocation of variables, arbitrary arithmetic expressions, control structures such as FOR and WHILE loops, variable scope, input/ouput operations, {higher-order function}s and portability of source code. AUTOCODER, written in 1952, was possibly the first primitive compiler. Laning and Zierler's compiler, written in 1953-1954, was possibly the first true working algebraic compiler. See also {byte-code compiler}, native compiler, {optimising compiler}. (1994-11-07)

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compiler (1) Software that converts a set of high-level language statements into a lower-level representation
 

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