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 Definitions for compiler: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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
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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)
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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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