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com⋅pil⋅er

[kuhm-pahy-ler]
–noun
1. a person who compiles.
2. Also called compiling routine. Computers. a computer program that translates a program written in a high-level language into another language, usually machine language. Compare interpreter (def. 3a).

Origin:
1300–50; ME compilour < AF; OF compileor < LL compīlātōr-. See compile, -er 2
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com·pil·er   (kəm-pī'lər)   
n.  
  1. One that compiles: a compiler of anthologies.

  2. Computer Science A program that translates another program written in a high-level language into machine language so that it can be executed.

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