compilation

recopilación, antología

Libro, grabación u otra obra que reúne material procedente de varias fuentes.

En inglés sencillo: A book, recording, or other work containing material collected from several sources.

• I bought a jazz compilation.
• This compilation includes songs from five different bands.
• She published a compilation of her favourite poems.

Cómo se usa: a compilation of something (The book is a compilation of local stories.)

Sinónimos: collection, anthology

Expresiones frecuentes: compilation album, compilation of something, music compilation

recopilación, compilación

Proceso de reunir información u otros materiales de distintas fuentes y juntarlos.

En inglés sencillo: The process of gathering information or other material from different places and putting it together.

• Data compilation took two weeks.
• She helped with the compilation of the report.
• Careful compilation of these records will support future research.

Cómo se usa: the compilation of something (The compilation of the records took several months.)

Sinónimos: collection, assembly

Expresiones frecuentes: data compilation, compilation of something, compilation process

compilación

Proceso de transformar instrucciones escritas por un programador en código que un ordenador puede ejecutar.

En inglés sencillo: The process of changing computer instructions written by a programmer into code that a computer can run.

• Compilation failed because of an error.
• The program needs compilation before it can run.
• Faster hardware reduced compilation time considerably.

Expresiones frecuentes: code compilation, compilation error, compilation of something