Definition: To put together; to assemble; to make by gathering things from various sources.

Alright class, settle down and let’s take a look! That definition you read – “to put together; to assemble; to make by gathering things from various sources” – that's a good start, but it needs a little tweaking for our computer folks. “Compiled,” when we talk about programming, means something very specific. Think of it like this: imagine you’re building with LEGO bricks. You have all these individual pieces scattered around, right? You could just keep them separate and try to build everything yourself – that would take forever! But a compiler is like a magical helper. It takes all your instructions – the code written in languages like Java or C++ – and it transforms them into something the computer can actually understand and do . It’s taking those scattered pieces of code, those “various sources,” and turning them into one neat, working program. Like a chef gathering ingredients to bake a cake - compiling is gathering instructions to build a program! So, it’s not just 'putting things together,' it's about converting that human-readable code into machine-readable code – ready for the computer to execute! Does that make sense? Any questions before we move on?