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com·piler (-pīl′ər)

noun

a person or thing that compiles; specif., a computer program that translates instructions, other programs, etc. in a high-level language into a machine language

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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