assembler

4 definitions found

assembler - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

assembler - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  assembler
      n 1: a program to convert assembly language into machine
           language [syn: assembler, assembly program]

assembler - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  assembler
  
     <programming> A program which converts assembly language
     into machine code.
  
     (1996-03-25)