Computer Science GCSE
Compiler
What Compiler means in Computer Science GCSE, as defined for OCR.
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Translates a whole high-level program into machine code before any of it runs, producing an executable file that can be distributed and run later without the translator.
Translates a whole high-level program into machine code before it runs, producing an executable file that can be run without the translator present.
Topics that use Compiler
- Languages (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Error reporting and debugging
- Execution speed versus development speed
- Hardware control and performance
- Human readability and maintainability
- Interpreter
- Portability across platforms
- Translator
- Abstraction from hardware
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