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miscompiling

miscompiling is the present participle and gerund of miscompile.

Meaning of miscompile

Verb

miscompile (third-person singular simple present miscompiles, present participle miscompiling, simple past and past participle miscompiled)

  1. To compile (put together) incorrectly.
    • Sufficient data is turned into the Agency but as this data is reviewed and forwarded to area and Central information systems, it seems to get miscompiled through this bureaucratic process.1980, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Dept. of the Interior and Related Agencies, Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations For 1981...
  2. To compile (generate executable from source code) incorrectly.
    • The replacement code would miscompile the login command so that it would accept either the intended encrypted password or a particular known password.1990, Lance J. Hoffman, Rogue programs: viruses, worms, and Trojan horses, page 125

Questions about miscompiling

What is miscompiling the present participle and gerund of?
Miscompiling is the present participle and gerund of miscompile.

Words near miscompiling in the dictionary

  1. miscompensates
  2. miscompensating
  3. miscompile
  4. miscompiled
  5. miscompiles
  6. miscompiling
  7. miscompliment
  8. miscompliments
  9. miscompose
  10. miscomposed
  11. miscomposes

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