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Compiler - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Compiler : (noun)
1: a person who compiles (or writes for) encyclopedias [syn: encyclopedist,
encyclopaedist]
2: (computer science) a program that decodes instructions
written in a higher order language and produces an
assembly language program [syn: compiling program]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Compiler : \Com*pil"er\, n. [OE. compiluor; cf. OF. compileor, fr.
L. compilator.]
One who compiles; esp., one who makes books by compilation.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Compiler :
A program that converts another program
from some source language (or programming language) to
machine language (object code). Some compilers output
assembly language which is then converted to machine
language by a separate assembler.
A compiler is distinguished from an assembler by the fact that
each input statement does not, in general, correspond to a
single machine instruction or fixed sequence of instructions.
A compiler may support such features as automatic allocation
of variables, arbitrary arithmetic expressions, control
structures such as FOR and WHILE loops, variable scope,
input/ouput operations, higher-order functions and
portability of source code.
AUTOCODER, written in 1952, was possibly the first primitive
compiler. Laning and Zierler's compiler, written in
1953-1954, was possibly the first true working algebraic
compiler.
See also byte-code compiler, native compiler, optimising
compiler.
(1994-11-07)
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Compiler |
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