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 - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne