ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Assembler

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /əˈsɛmb(ə)lɚ/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Assembler is a noun meaning (computer languages, informal, chiefly uncountable) Assembly language.

Meaning

(computer languages, informal, chiefly uncountable) Assembly language.

More Meanings

  1. (countable) One who assembles items.
  2. (nanotechnology, countable) A nanodevice capable of assembling nanodevices, possibly including copies of itself, according to a plan.
  3. (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.

Example Sentences

I wrote that program in assembler.
Assembler (nanotechnology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
The system includes an 8080 and a Z80 assembler, a Tektronix format downloader and other utilities.
Our father worked as an assembler in a radio factory that would go out of business in the early 1960s, […]

Word Forms

Synonyms for assembler

Depending on context, synonyms include ASM, assembly.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include editor, assembly, assemble, assembling, relocatable, builder.

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