transcompiler
nounEtymology From transcompile + -er.
1
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences 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.
- Synonyms
- source-to-source compiler, translating compiler, transpiler
- Related terms
- transcompile, cross-compiler
- Hypernyms
- compiler