Compiled language

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A compiled language is a programming language for which source code is typically compiled; not interpreted.

The term is vague since, in principle, any language can be compiled or interpreted and in practice some languages are both (in different environments).^[1] In some environments, source code is first compiled (to an intermediate form; often bytecode) and then interpreted.