com‧pil‧er /kəmˈpaɪlə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
[Word Family: noun: compilation, compiler; verb: compile]

1. someone who collects different pieces of information to be used in a book, report, or list

2. technical a set of instructions in a computer that changes a computer language known to the computer user into the form needed by the computer

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