compiler

Meaning

  1. One who compiles.
  2. A computer program that transforms source code into object code.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/kəmˈpaɪlə/
Etymology

In summary

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

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