'Compiler' definitions:
Definition of 'compiler'
From: WordNet
noun
A person who compiles information (as for reference purposes)
noun
(computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program [syn: compiler, compiling program]
Definition of 'Compiler'
From: GCIDE
- Compiler \Com*pil"er\ (k[o^]m*p[imac]l"[~e]r), n. [OE. compiluor; cf. OF. compileor, fr. L. compilator.]
- 1. One who compiles; esp., one who makes books by compilation. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Computers) a computer program that decodes instructions written in a higher-level computer language to produce an assembly-language program or an executable program in machine language. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]