compiling program

1. 1.

   (computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program

   Synonymscompiler

   Broaderprogram

   NarrowerC compilerFortran compilerLISP compilerPascal compiler

   Partsparser

   computer science

Questions about compiling program

What does compiling program mean?

compiling program means "(computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program".

What is another word for compiling program?

Close synonyms include compiler. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is compiling program a common word?

compiling program is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.