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to recompile

to recompile

1 5.6
To turn changed computer code into a program again
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈkɒmpaɪl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : recompilar
  • Recompiling also allows applications to benefit from the new instructions.

So if anyone happened to update GCC, then they would recompile GCC using GCC.

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Examples

  • Native code in the browser may require web apps to be recompiled for the new chips.

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  • Start 15 minutes late so Avie can recompile and give us a fighting chance.

  • We can recompile, but if it's a hardware problem, we can't get into the back.

  • Correct, some channels have to be recompiled for new architecture.

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  • The tracking software needs to be recompiled.

  • New functions and features are added in an upwardly compatible way so that customers need not modify or even recompile their programs to maintain existing functionality.

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  • You can take a program written in ANSI C and recompile it with a different compiler on a different platform, and have it compile and run with little or no change to it.

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  • After making changes to the code, I had to recompile the program for it to work correctly.

  • To implement the new features, you must first recompile the software from the updated source code.

  • When fixing bugs, developers often recompile their applications to test the changes immediately.

Synonyms

to compile
vsto recompile
  • Specialized
15 6.6

To change a program written by a person into code a computer can run

is performed again usually after changes to the source code

Antonyms

To take something apart into separate pieces

How Thorough

to rebuild
485 2.8
to recompile
  • Specialized
1 5.6
to compile
  • Specialized
15 6.6
to relink
1 4.1

Surface Forms

recompile infinitive
recompiled past
recompiled past participle
recompiling present participle
recompiles third person singular

Morphology

recompile = compile (transparent) = re + compile

In computing, the prefix 're-' keeps its regular meaning of doing the compiling process again after changes.

Etymology

Recompile comes from re- 'again' and compile 'to put together', and in computing compile means to turn source code into a program, so to recompile is to build the program again after you change the code.