comp.

Noun

compare (countable and uncountable, plural compares)

1. (uncountable) Comparison.
   • His mighty Champion, ſtrong above compare,1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 38, line 557
2. (countable) An instruction or command that compares two values or states.
   • […] including addition and subtraction, memory operations, compares, shifts, logic operations, and condition operations.1998, International Conference on Computer Design: Proceedings, IEEE, page 490
3. (obsolete, uncountable) Illustration by comparison; simile.
   • Rhymes full of protest, of oath, and big compare.c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

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Noun

compiler (plural compilers)

1. One who compiles.
   • a compiler of poetry anthologies
2. A computer program that transforms source code into object code.
   • As a result, many compilers automatically allocate blocks of memory and then parcel chunks out to programs with a suballocator when needed. That is, the compiler allocates a chunk of some 4,000 bytes and then parcels this memory out to you in bits and pieces when you need it.1995, Charles Calvert, Teach Yourself Windows 95 Programming in 21 Days, page 1170