recompile

Translate source anew

To recompile is to compile again—to convert source code into executable form a second or subsequent time.

Programmers recompile after making changes to code, fixing bugs, or updating dependencies.

I tweaked the settings and recompiled.

The term appears almost exclusively in computing contexts.

programming

linker

Combiner of separate parts

build · syntax · preprocessor · object code · assembler · clang · toolchain · headers · dependencies · flags

update

patch

Material covering damage

modification · rebuild · release · hotfix · kernel · firmware · distribution · deployment · integration

debug

errors

Unintentional deviations from correctness

  • warningsAdvance notices of danger
  • fixRepair or solution
  • bugCrawling creature or defect

trace · diagnose · breakpoint · fault · inspect · resolve · crash · syntax error · type error · rebuild

optimize

performance

Carrying out a task

flags · parallelism · cache · memory · runtime · execution · bottleneck · speed · optimization · tuning

Opposites
compilation action

recompiledecompile

Convert executable to source

disassemble · unpack · reverse-engineer · deconstruct · delete

code execution method

recompileinterpret

Extract or convey meaning

script · eval · JIT

Family

recompiled, recompiling, recompiles

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