compiled
adjective
com·piled
kəm-ˈpī(-ə)ld 
1
: gathered together especially from various sources
a compiled list/report
the compiled statistics from all three counties
… Freud was a prodigious writer. His compiled works amount to 23 volumes and cover thousands of pages of writing.—
Kenneth N. Levy
Kenneth N. Levy… stored in countless precious libraries is the compiled wisdom of all the world.—The Harlequin
The Harlequin2
of computer code
: processed through software that translates a complete set of high-level computer instructions into machine language before executing any of them
Compiled code is incomprehensible to most programmers, but there are ways to convert machine code back to a more human-friendly format …—Mathew Schwartz
Mathew SchwartzYou will also notice more delays when going from function to function with the compiled program.—David Kruglinski
David KruglinskiDictionary Entries Near compiled
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“Compiled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/compiled. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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