compilation
The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.
Other meanings
That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents.
“Susie made Jasmine a compilation CD of some of the best songs they'd heard at the festival.”
Translation of source code into object code by a compiler.
Synonyms
- digest
Related words
- autocompilation
- decompilation
- metacompilation
- precompilation
- recompilation
- supercompilation
- transcompilation
- transpilation
- compilation album
- compilation tape
- cross-compilation
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “compilation” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.