kompilerte

Kompilerte is the past participle of the Norwegian verb kompilere and is used to describe software or code that has been transformed from source code into a form that can be executed by a computer. Typically this means machine code or an intermediate representation such as bytecode. Compiled code is usually contrasted with interpreted code, where translation to executable instructions occurs during program execution. Some systems use a combination, compiling to an intermediate form and then using a runtime environment with Just-In-Time compilation.

In Norwegian usage, kompilerte describes a program, file, or artifact that resulted from the compilation process, for example a kompilerte program or a kompileringsresultat. The compilation step involves translating high-level language constructs, performing optimizations, and generating target code, followed by linking to create an executable or library. The concept is present across programming languages; many compiled languages produce native machine code (such as C, C++, Rust), while others compile to intermediate forms (such as Java bytecode or C# IL) that are executed by a virtual machine or runtime.

Advantages of compiling include typically faster execution, opportunities for optimization, and the ability to distribute standalone executables or libraries. Disadvantages can be longer development cycles due to compilation, platform-specific binaries, and the complexity of debugging optimized code. The landscape includes ahead-of-time (AOT) compilation and dynamic or Just-In-Time (JIT) compilation, reflecting different trade-offs between build time, performance, and portability.

Historically, the development of compilers began in the mid-20th century with efforts to translate high-level languages into machine code, enabling more practical programming. The Norwegian term kompilerte mirrors the English concept of compiled code and is used in similar linguistic contexts to distinguish pre-processed, executable forms from source code.