Noun: compiler kum'pI-lu(r)
- A person who compiles information (as for reference purposes)
"The compiler spent months gathering data for the encyclopaedia"
- (computing) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program
"The compiler converted the C++ code into machine-readable instructions";
- compiling program
Derived forms: compilers
Type of: author, computer program, computer programme [Brit], program, programme [Brit, Cdn], writer
Encyclopedia: Compiler