assembler

Noun
Synonyms: assembly program

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a program to convert assembly language into machine languageSynonyms: assembly program
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Assembler \As*sem"bler\, n. One who assembles a number of individuals; also, one of a number assembled. [1913 Webster]

2.(Computers) a computer program that takes as input a set of instructions written in assembly language, and produces a corresponding executable computer program in machine language. [PJC]

3.(Computers) same as assembly language. [informal] [PJC]

assembly language \assembly language\ n.

1.(Computers) an artificial computer language with mnemonic codes representing the basic machine-language instructions of a computer, which can be interpreted by an assembler to produce a computer program in machine language. Also informally referred to as assembler.

Note: Writing a program in assembly language is very much simpler than writing the machine instructions in binary code, and the use of such a language greatly increases the efficiency of the process of writing computer programs. See also programming language, FORTRAN, BASIC. [PJC]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

assembler

<programming> A program which converts assembly language into machine code.

(1996-03-25)

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