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assembler en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /əˈsɛmb(ə)lɚ/

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

  1. (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:
  2. (informal, uncountable) Assembly language.
    • I wrote that program in assembler.
  3. (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:
  4. (countable) A nanodevice capable of assembling nanodevices, possibly including copies of itself, according to a plan.
    • Assembler (nanotechnology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Forms

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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)