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I perceive a large gap between the conventional terminology for
translators in the Computer Science lexicon and those used in
conventional rhetoric.  I will here attempt to define a few terms,
along with their previous error-prone usage.

    simulator (previously emulator or interpreter)
        a program to mimic a language via direct implementation of the
        sense of the input string
    compiler (previously archiver)
        a program to aggregate various files into one
    translator (previously compiler or assembler)
        a program to convert a string from one language to another
    Computer Mathematics (previously Computer Science)
        the study of the relationship of languages and machines

The prior conventional meaning of these terms has caused confusion
between the Computer Mathematics community and the rest of the world.
-David-

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