Compile vs X - What's the difference?
compile | x |
To put together; to assemble; to make by gathering things from various sources.
(obsolete) To construct, build.
* 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.3:
(computing) To use a compiler to process source code and produce executable code.
(computing) To be successfully processed by a compiler into executable code.
(obsolete) To contain or comprise.
* Spenser
(obsolete) To write; to compose.
(computing) An act of compiling code.
* 1985 , Robert A Stern, An Introduction to Computers and Information Processing
* 2007 , Scott Meyers, Mike Lee, MAC OS X Leopard: Beyond the Manual
The twenty-fourth letter of the .
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As a verb compile
is .As a letter x is
the twenty-fourth letter of the.As a symbol x is
voiceless velar fricative.compile
English
Verb
(compil)- Samuel Johnson compiled one of the most influential dictionaries of the English language.
- Before that Merlin dyde, he did intend / A brasen wall in compas to compyle / About Cairmardin [...].
- After I compile this program I'll run it and see if it works.
- There must be an error in my source code because it won't compile .
- Which these six books compile .
Derived terms
* compiler, compilatorNoun
(en noun)- ...programming team managers assumed the "improved programs" produced through structured programming would not require as many compiles during development.
- Any file with an error or warning on it will be added to this smart group until the next compile .