Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics
Computer program that translates a higher-level programming language (e.g. FORTRAN, LISP or PROLOG) from a (problem-oriented) notation into an equivalent machine-oriented notation.
The higher-level language is called the ‘source code,’ the generated machine language the ‘object code.’ While interpreters immediately execute the program in the process of translation, a compiler first translates an entire source code program, before individual operations are carried out.
References
Aho, A.V., R.Sethi and J.D.Ulllman. 1985. Compilers. Reading, MA.
computational linguistics
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