compilation

compilation, recueil

Livre, enregistrement ou autre œuvre réunissant des éléments provenant de plusieurs sources.

En anglais simple : A book, recording, or other work containing material collected from several sources.

• I bought a jazz compilation.
• This compilation includes songs from five different bands.
• She published a compilation of her favourite poems.

Comment l'utiliser : a compilation of something (The book is a compilation of local stories.)

Synonymes : collection, anthology

Expressions courantes : compilation album, compilation of something, music compilation

compilation, collecte

Travail consistant à réunir des informations ou d’autres éléments provenant de différentes sources.

En anglais simple : The process of gathering information or other material from different places and putting it together.

• Data compilation took two weeks.
• She helped with the compilation of the report.
• Careful compilation of these records will support future research.

Comment l'utiliser : the compilation of something (The compilation of the records took several months.)

Synonymes : collection, assembly

Expressions courantes : data compilation, compilation of something, compilation process

compilation

Transformation des instructions écrites par un programmeur en code que l’ordinateur peut exécuter.

En anglais simple : The process of changing computer instructions written by a programmer into code that a computer can run.

• Compilation failed because of an error.
• The program needs compilation before it can run.
• Faster hardware reduced compilation time considerably.

Expressions courantes : code compilation, compilation error, compilation of something