compiler

One who compiles.

Noun

  1. One who compiles.
    • a compiler of poetry anthologies
    • my favourite crossword compiler
    • Had I travelled the same route by train (the Trans-Siberian Express, say), it would have taken me a week to get there - enough time to notice that the clocks at all the stations along the way (as well as at all other...
  2. A computer program that transforms source code into object code.
    • As a result, many compilers automatically allocate blocks of memory and then parcel chunks out to programs with a suballocator when needed. That is, the compiler allocates a chunk of some 4,000 bytes and then parcels...
    • The recommended Apple Objective-C compiler, Clang/LLVM (versions 4.2 and above) provides support for autosynthesis of declared properties. This means that the compiler will automatically synthesize declared properties...

Origin

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

Forms

compilers

Hyponyms

biocompiler cross compiler metacompiler multi-language compiler multi-pass compiler multi-target compiler one-pass compiler source-to-source compiler supercompiler transcompiler translating compiler transpiler