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COMPILER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("compiler" is a kind of...):
computer program; computer programme; program; programme ((computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute)
Meronyms (parts of "compiler"):
parser (a computer program that divides code up into functional components)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "compiler"):
C compiler (a compiler for programs written in C)
Fortran compiler (a compiler for programs written in FORTRAN)
LISP compiler (a compiler for programs written in LISP)
Pascal compiler (a compiler for programs written in Pascal)
Derivation:
compile (use a computer program to translate source code written in a particular programming language into computer-readable machine code that can be executed)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A person who compiles information (as for reference purposes)
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("compiler" is a kind of...):
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "compiler"):
encyclopaedist; encyclopedist (a person who compiles information for encyclopedias)
lexicographer; lexicologist (a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language)
Derivation:
compile (put together out of existing material)
