Associations to the word «Compiler»

Wiktionary

COMPILER, noun. One who compiles.
COMPILER, noun. (computing) A computer program which transforms source code into object code.

Dictionary definition

COMPILER, noun. A person who compiles information (as for reference purposes).
COMPILER, noun. (computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats