assembler en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sem-h₂-lo- Proto-Italic *semalis Latin similis Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin simulō Medieval Latin assimulōder. Old French assemblerbor. Middle English assemblen English assemble Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English assembler From assemble + -er.
Meanings
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(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.
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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(informal, uncountable) Assembly language.
I wrote that program in assembler.
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(countable) 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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(countable) A nanodevice capable of assembling nanodevices, possibly including copies of itself, according to a plan.
Assembler (nanotechnology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| assemblers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
absolute assembler · molecular assembler · microassembler · disassembler · macroassembler · cross assembler · assembler language
Relateds
assembly · assemble · compiler
Synonyms
ASM · assembly · assembly language
Translations (28)
et assembler (program that converts assembly language to machine code) · bg асемблер (program that converts assembly language to machine code) · mk составувач (program that converts assembly language to machine code) · el συμβολομεταφραστής (program that converts assembly language to machine code) · eo asemblilo (program that converts assembly language to machine code) · fr assembleur (program that converts assembly language to machine code) · pt montador (program that converts assembly language to machine code) · fi kokooja (one who assembles items) · pt montador molecular (nanodevice) · mk асемблер (program that converts assembly language to machine code) · cs assembler (program that converts assembly language to machine code) · fi kokoonpanija (one who assembles items) · ja アセンブラ (program that converts assembly language to machine code) · sv assembler (program that converts assembly language to machine code) · sv assemblator (program that converts assembly language to machine code) · ru ассемблер (program that converts assembly language to machine code) · de Assembler (program that converts assembly language to machine code) · vi trình hợp dịch (program that converts assembly language to machine code) · pt montador (one who assembles items) · pl assembler (program that converts assembly language to machine code) · fi konekielikääntäjä (program that converts assembly language to machine code) · ko 어셈블러 (program that converts assembly language to machine code) · fi kokooja (nanodevice) · eo kunmetilo (program that converts assembly language to machine code) · pl asembler (program that converts assembly language to machine code) · is smali (program that converts assembly language to machine code) · kk ассемблер (program that converts assembly language to machine code) · fi konekielelle kääntäjä (program that converts assembly language to machine code)