assembly language

noun

assembly language

noun
1

Computer languages, Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A programming language in which the source code of programs is composed of mnemonic instructions, each of which corresponds directly to a machine instruction for a particular processor.

  • A skilled programmer can write very fast code in assembly language.
Synonyms
ASM, assembler, assembly
Related terms
conditional assembly language, machine code, macro language

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