A statement written in the source code of a program that lets the programmer instruct the compiler to perform a specific operation within the compilation phase. For example, the #include directive ...
A compiler is a special program that translates a programming language's source code into machine code, bytecode or another programming language. The source code is typically written in a high-level, ...
A compiler that generates machine language for a different type of computer than the one the compiler is running in. See cross assembler and compiler. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All ...