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Compiled vs Incorporated - What's the difference?

compiled | incorporated |

As verbs the difference between compiled and incorporated

is that compiled is (compile) while incorporated is (incorporate).

As an adjective incorporated is

(us english) a type of company, a legal entity where the ownership has been arranged into shares a shareholder has no responsibilities to the company and the potential losses of the shareholder are limited to the value of the stock turning to zero in the case of a bankruptcy.

compiled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (compile)

    • Anagrams

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    compile

    English

    Verb

    (compil)
  • To put together; to assemble; to make by gathering things from various sources.
    • Samuel Johnson compiled one of the most influential dictionaries of the English language.
  • (obsolete) To construct, build.
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.3:
    • Before that Merlin dyde, he did intend / A brasen wall in compas to compyle / About Cairmardin [...].
  • (computing) To use a compiler to process source code and produce executable code.
    • After I compile this program I'll run it and see if it works.
  • (computing) To be successfully processed by a compiler into executable code.
    • There must be an error in my source code because it won't compile .
  • (obsolete) To contain or comprise.
  • * Spenser
    • Which these six books compile .
  • (obsolete) To write; to compose.

    • Derived terms

    * compiler, compilator

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing) An act of compiling code.
  • * 1985 , Robert A Stern, An Introduction to Computers and Information Processing
    • ...programming team managers assumed the "improved programs" produced through structured programming would not require as many compiles during development.
  • * 2007 , Scott Meyers, Mike Lee, MAC OS X Leopard: Beyond the Manual
    • Any file with an error or warning on it will be added to this smart group until the next compile .

    Anagrams

    * English ergative verbs ----

    incorporated

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (US English) A type of company, a legal entity where the ownership has been arranged into shares. A shareholder has no responsibilities to the company and the potential losses of the shareholder are limited to the value of the stock turning to zero in the case of a bankruptcy.

    • Related terms

    * incorporate Acronyms * Inc * (UK English)

    See also

    There are further distinctions to the type of Incorporated company in UK English. * Public Limited Liability Company, PLC (UK English) * Limited Liability Company, LLC (UK English)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (incorporate)