Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To compile anew.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To compile anew.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To compile again.
  • noun computing An act of recompiling code.

Etymologies

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re- +‎ compile

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Examples

  • We shall update you once the apache recompile is over.

    The Ferrett's Mind: A Frightening Look Inside shared_boxers 2005

  • Up until this development LXDM 'themeing' likely required a user to recompile LXDM from scratch!

    Archive 2010-01-01 2010

  • This is nice for a pre-flight check but for every change you make in the code you must stop the devserver, recompile and start the server again.

    Interactive Programming with Clojure, Compojure, Google App Engine and Emacs 2009

  • Now that you've got a setup like this, incremental changes to the code are very simple: Try to change the text in the function "index" and just recompile the function with C-c C-c.

    Archive 2009-08-01 2009

  • This is nice for a pre-flight check but for every change you make in the code you must stop the devserver, recompile and start the server again.

    Archive 2009-08-01 2009

  • Now that you've got a setup like this, incremental changes to the code are very simple: Try to change the text in the function "index" and just recompile the function with C-c C-c.

    Interactive Programming with Clojure, Compojure, Google App Engine and Emacs 2009

  • Evince in linux is great in presentation mode rather than full screen mode, which keeps a menu bar, and automatically picks up changes when you recompile your PDF.

    April « 2010 « Alex McLean 2010

  • So the next logical choice is Slamd64 (SLackware for AMD 64-bit) which immediately gives me warm and fuzzies but only honors one of the two processors ... so it is off to an immediate recompile and then the hunt for configuration settings and lost functionality.

    Archive 2007-06-01 William "Papa" Meloney 2007

  • So the next logical choice is Slamd64 (SLackware for AMD 64-bit) which immediately gives me warm and fuzzies but only honors one of the two processors ... so it is off to an immediate recompile and then the hunt for configuration settings and lost functionality.

    Ubuntu: Young is the new Old. William "Papa" Meloney 2007

  • Seems I can never get agpart re-established after a recompile.

    Archive 2007-06-03 William "Papa" Meloney 2007

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