Definition: A compiler is a computer program that transforms human readable source code of another computer program into the machine readable code that a CPU can execute.
The act of transforming source code into machine code is called "compilation". This is the opposite to the process of interpretation.
Glossary:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZExamples: Before the game could be tested it had to be compiled.
