What does 'compile' mean?

Answer 1

Tony Stark compile means converting the source code written by user in object code which then further translated by assembler in assembly code for machine understanding as machine is only understand binary language this binary language code is known as executable file which is stored in dot exe (.exe) extension.

Python is an interpreted language use interpreter instead of compiler interpreter interpret source code line by line and detect error and compiler read all source code and shows the error if present any.

Answer 2

Compiling a program means to translate it into a more useful language.

Most common is to compile from a high level language into assembly language or machine language. Often the machine language is in object form which means that some symbols are not yet resolved. The last step in producing executable code is linking object modules to resolve all symbolic references. Sometimes linking is included in the word “compilation” sometimes it is seen as a transform different from compilation.
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