"compile time" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: compile times [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} compile time (usually uncountable, plural compile times)
  1. (often attributive) The point at which a program is converted from source code to machine code; literally the time of compilation. Tags: attributive, often, uncountable, usually Hypernyms: time Hyponyms (time of compilation): link time Derived forms: compile-time Coordinate_terms (phases in the life of a program): link time, load time, runtime Translations (time of compilation): timp de compilare (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-compile_time-en-noun-bW4y92h9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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