Compiling and Assembly

noun

• The act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list. )
  • usage: "the job of compiling the inventory took several hours"
  • synonyms: compilation

verb

• Get or gather together.
  • usage: "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"
  • synonyms: roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard
• Put together out of existing material.
  • usage: "compile a list"
  • synonyms: compose, compile
• Use a computer program to translate source code written in a particular programming language into computer-readable machine code that can be executed.
  • synonyms: compile

(p.pr.&vb.n.) of Compile.

noun

• A group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit.
• The act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery.
  • synonyms: fabrication
• A public facility to meet for open discussion.
  • synonyms: forum, meeting place
• A group of persons who are gathered together for a common purpose.
• A unit consisting of components that have been fitted together.
• The social act of assembling.
  • usage: "they demanded the right of assembly"
  • synonyms: assemblage, gathering

• (n.) A company of persons collected together in one place, and usually for some common purpose, especially for deliberation and legislation, for worship or for social entertainment.
• (n.) A collection of inanimate objects.
• (n.) A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.

(DoD, NATO) In logistics, an item forming a portion of an equipment, that can be provisioned and replaced as an entity and which normally incorporates replaceable parts or groups of parts. See also component; subassembly.