Noun compiler has 2 senses
  1. encyclopedist, encyclopaedist, compiler - a person who compiles (or writes for) encyclopedias
    --1 is a kind of writer, author
    Derived form: verb compile2
  2. compiler, compiling program - (computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program
    --2 is a kind of program, programme, computer program, computer programme
    --2 has parts: parser
    --2 has particulars: C compiler; Fortran compiler; LISP compiler; Pascal compiler
    Derived form: verb compile3
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