COMPILER
compiler, compiling program
(noun) (computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program
compiler
(noun) a person who compiles information (as for reference purposes)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
compiler (plural compilers)
One who compiles.
(compilation) A computer program which transforms source code into object code.
Hyponyms
• source-to-source compiler
• multi-language compiler
• multi-target compiler
• translating compiler
• transcompiler
• transpiler
Anagrams
• complier, picromel
Source: Wiktionary
Com*pil"er, n. Etym: [OE. compiluor; cf. OF. compileor, fr. L.
compilator.]
Definition: One who compiles; esp., one who makes books by compilation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition