compilation

作品集、コンピレーション

複数の出所から集めた内容を収めた本や録音などの作品。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： a compilation of something (The book is a compilation of local stories.)

類義語： collection, anthology

よく使う表現： compilation album, compilation of something, music compilation

編集、収集

さまざまな所から情報や資料を集め、まとめる作業。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： the compilation of something (The compilation of the records took several months.)

類義語： collection, assembly

よく使う表現： data compilation, compilation of something, compilation process

コンパイル

プログラマーが書いた命令を、コンピューターが実行できるコードに変えること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

よく使う表現： code compilation, compilation error, compilation of something