Compile
WordNet
verb
(1) Put together out of existing material
"Compile a list"
(2) Use a computer program to translate source code written in a particular programming language into computer-readable machine code that can be executed
(3) Get or gather together
"I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"
"She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"
"She rolled up a small fortune"
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Etymology
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Verb
- To put together; to assemble; to make by gathering things from various sources.
- Samuel Johnson compiled one of the most influential dictionaries of the English language.
- To use a compiler to process source code and produce executable code.
- After I compile this program I'll run it and see if it works.
- To be successfully processed by a compiler into executable code.
Noun
- An act of compiling code.
- 1985, Robert A Stern, An Introduction to Computers and Information Processing
- ...programming team managers assumed the "improved programs" produced through structured programming would not require as many compiles during development.
- 2007, Scott Meyers, Mike Lee, MAC OS X Leopard: Beyond the Manual
- Any file with an error or warning on it will be added to this smart group until the next compile.
- 1985, Robert A Stern, An Introduction to Computers and Information Processing