compiler
Definition
Programming language processor that translates a program written in a high-level language (the 'source program') which humans can understand, into machine language program (the 'object program') which the computers can understand. A compiled program, in comparison to an interpreted program (see Interpreter), generally runs (executes) much faster.
compiler is in the Computer Hardware, Software, & Security and Information Science & Technology subjects.
compiler appears in the definitions of the following terms: translator, assembly language, programming language, interpreter, compilation, source code, assembler and machine language
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