assembler

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /əˈsɛmb(ə)lɚ/

Noun

assembler

1. (programming, countable) A program that reads source code written in assembly language and produces executable machine code, possibly together with information needed by linkers, debuggers and other tools.
   • 1982, InfoWorld (volume 4, number 10, page 35)

     The system includes an 8080 and a Z80 assembler, a Tektronix format downloader and other utilities.

2. (computer languages, informal, mostly, uncountable) Assembly language.

   I wrote that program in assembler.

3. (countable) One who assembles items.
   • 2014, Howard Waldrop, Things Will Never Be the Same: A Howard Waldrop Reader

     Our father worked as an assembler in a radio factory that would go out of business in the early 1960s, […]

4. (nanotechnology, countable) A nanodevice capable of assembling nanodevices, possibly including copies of itself, according to a plan.
   • projectlink pedia

Synonyms

• (language) assembly, assembly language

Related terms

• assemble
• assembly

Translations

• French: assembleur
• German: Assembler
• Portuguese: montador
• Russian: ассемблер

Translations

• Portuguese: montador

Translations

• Portuguese: montador molecular

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