compiler

Etymology

From Middle English compilour, from Anglo-Norman compilour, from Old French compileur, from Latin compilatorem.

noun

  1. One who compiles.
    a compiler of poetry anthologies
    my favourite crossword compiler
  2. (software compilation) A computer program which transforms source code into object code.

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