transcompiler

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A translating compiler that takes the source code of a programming language as its input and outputs the source code into either another programming language or an older version of the same language.

Word forms

transcompiler transcompilers

Etymology

From transcompile + -er.

Synonyms

source-to-source compiler translating compiler transpiler
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