compilable

English

Etymology

From compile +‎ -able.

Adjective

compilable (not comparable)

1. That can be compiled or gathered together into a whole.
   • 1896, House documents - Volume 50; Volume 431, page xi:

     For Class C, the fraternal beneficiary orders, 298 organizations were recorded in Table 30, of which 176 furnished compilable financial statements.

   • 1923, Special Libraries - Volume 14, page 23:

     documents, clippings, reports, maps, descriptive material of cities, biographies, photographic views of Detroit, compilable lists on various commercial activities, and telephone directories.

   • 1968, NHB., pages 2-3:

     It is important that the narrative explaining each of the varied sections be in sufficient depth and explanation that the total section is easily understood and readily compilable into a total NASA presentation to general management.

2. (computing) That can be compiled.
   • 1988, Catriel Beeri, Umesh Dayal, J.W. Schmidt, Data and Knowledge Bases, page 67:

     The study in [ 8 ] shows that all the linear recursions ( containing single linear recursive rules ) are compilable to n - chain recursions or bounded recursions .

   • 2018, Paul C. Jorgensen, Software Testing, page 180:

     . Nothing in the definition of a slice requires that the set of statements is compilable;

   • 2021, Ana C. R. Paiva, Ana Rosa Cavalli, Paula Ventura Martins, Quality of Information and Communications Technology, page 558:

     Merges are less compilable (83%) than commits (91%) across all projects.

Antonyms

• uncompilable

Derived terms

• noncompilable

See also

• decompilable

Anagrams

• compliable