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compiler (s) (noun), compilers (pl)
1. Someone who compiles or composes (a literary work, etc.) from other works.
2. A collector of (written or spoken) parts of other authors, or of separate papers or accounts.
3. Anyone who forms a book or composition from various authors or separate papers.
4. A computer programmer who organizes operations that translate high-level language programs into a set of machine language instructions.

Most programs also provide error checking and diagnostic messages, code optimization, and memory usage information.

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