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==History==
==History==
The first use of the term 'compiler', in relation to program translation, is credited to [[Grace Hopper]].<ref>{{cite web
The first use of the term 'compiler', in relation to program translation, is credited to [[Grace Hopper]]<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.computerhistory.org/events/lectures/cobol_06121997/index.shtml
| url = http://www.computerhistory.org/events/lectures/cobol_06121997/index.shtml
| title = The World's First COBOL Compilers
| title = The World's First COBOL Compilers
| accessdate = 2012-03-24}}</ref>
| accessdate = 2012-03-24}}</ref>, based on the legal meaning of [[compilation]], since her translator for the A-0 language merely put together various snippets of pre-built code.
==Outline of the compilation process==
==Outline of the compilation process==