compiling program
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Noun 1. compiling program - (computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program
computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
computer program, computer programme, programme, program - (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines of code"
C compiler - a compiler for programs written in C
Fortran compiler - a compiler for programs written in FORTRAN
LISP compiler - a compiler for programs written in LISP
Pascal compiler - a compiler for programs written in Pascal
parser - a computer program that divides code up into functional components; "compilers must parse source code in order to translate it into object code"
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