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English
Etymology
English compile + -ation, from Middle French, from Latin compilatio (“a raking together, a plundering, a collection of documents”).
Pronunciation
Noun
compilation (countable and uncountable, plural compilations)
- (uncountable) The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.
- 1957 November, “Electronics in Railway Accountancy”, in Railway Magazine, page 746:
- The scope of this computor will not necessarily be restricted to paybill compilation; its application to other work is being studied, and all possible use will be made of its capabilities.
- (countable) That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents.
- Susie made Jasmine a compilation CD of some of the best songs they'd heard at the festival.
- (countable, uncountable, computing) Translation of source code into object code by a compiler.
Synonyms
- (the act or process of compiling): compilement
- (something compiled): anthology, collection
- (source code translation into object code):
Derived terms
- autocompilation
- compilation album
- compilation tape
- cross-compilation
- decompilation
- metacompilation
- precompilation
- recompilation
- supercompilation
- transcompilation
- transpilation
Translations
act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources
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that which is compiled
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translation of source code into object code by a compiler
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Further reading
compilation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
See also
Compilation (computing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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French
Pronunciation
Noun
compilation f (plural compilations)
- compilation (all senses)
Further reading
- “compilation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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