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compiler
noun com·pil·er \kəm-ˈpī-lər\
Definition of COMPILER
1
: one that compiles
2
: a computer program that translates an entire set of instructions written in a higher-level symbolic language (as C) into machine language before the instructions can be executed
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14th century
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