English noun: compiler |
1. | compiler (person) a person who compiles information (as for reference purposes) |
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| Broader (hypernym) | author, writer |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | encyclopaedist, encyclopedist, lexicographer, lexicologist |
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2. | compiler (communication) (computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program |
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| Synonyms | compiling program |
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| Broader (hypernym) | computer program, computer programme, program, programme |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | C compiler, Fortran compiler, LISP compiler, Pascal compiler |
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| Part holonym | parser |
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| Domain category | computer science, computing |
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