assembler
noun/əˈsɛmb(ə)lɚ/
Etymology From assemble + -er.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences 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.
- The system includes an 8080 and a Z80 assembler, a Tektronix format downloader and other utilities.1982, InfoWorld, volume 4, number 10, page 35:
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Computer languages, Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Informal Assembly language.
- I wrote that program in assembler.
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One who assembles items.
- Our father worked as an assembler in a radio factory that would go out of business in the early 1960s, […]2014, Howard Waldrop, Things Will Never Be the Same: A Howard Waldrop Reader:
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Engineering, Nanotechnology, Natural sciences, Physical sciences A nanodevice capable of assembling nanodevices, possibly including copies of itself, according to a plan.
- Assembler (nanotechnology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Synonyms
- ASM, assembly, assembly language
- Derived terms
- absolute assembler, assembler language, cross assembler, disassembler, macroassembler, microassembler, molecular assembler