compilation

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      Etymology

      Middle English, from Latin stem of compilatio (a raking together, a plundering, a collection of documents)

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      Noun

      compilation (countable and uncountable; plural compilations)

      1. (uncountable) The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.
      2. (countable) That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents.
      3. (uncountable, computing) Translation of source code into object code by a compiler.

      Synonyms

      • (the act or process of compiling): compilement
      • (something compiled):
      • (source code translation into object code):

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