I. -īlə(r) noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English compilour, from Middle French compileur, from Late Latin compilator
: one that compiles: as
a. : a person who assembles items of information for publication
a compiler of maps
a compiler of specialized bibliographies
b. : a person who develops mailing lists for advertisers or gathers and arranges information of a variety of types for use in publications (as catalogs and directories)
II. noun
: a computer program that translates an entire set of instructions written in a higher-level symbolic language (as Fortran) into machine language before the instructions can be executed — compare interpreter herein