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compiler

com·pi·ler

UK/kəmˈpaɪlə/ US/kəmˈpaɪlɚ/ uncommon

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a person who compiles (or writes for) encyclopedias

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2.

(computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program

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From Middle English compilour, from Anglo-Norman compilour, from Old French compileur, from Latin compīlātōrem, equivalent to compile + -er.

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