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What a compiler does ?

It combines machine code and library into an executable file

It translates high-level language code into machine code to create an executable

It executes code line by line and allows to access memory state after each line

It helps programmers write code and execute it with the same interface

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The term compiler is also used in the compilation toolchain to describe the tool translating human readable code (C/C++,...) into assembly code, as chown in the graph below :

Compiler ToolChain

It allows to distinguish between the pre-processor, the assembler and the linker within the full compilation toolchain.