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Definition of "assembler" []

  • One that assembles, as a worker who puts together components of an item being manufactured. (noun)
  • Computer Science A program that produces executable machine code from symbolic assembly language. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "assembler" in a sentence
  • "These unannounced changes by the assembler are the cause of Western suppliers holding unnecessary stocks; they feel they must buffer themselves against sudden surges in ordering by the assemblers."
  • "One kind of nanomachine is the assembler, which is a tiny factory that can manufacture other machines, including replicas of itself."
  • "The output of the assembler is a file containing binary program code that can either be run as a program on the PC, or combined with other modules (using a linker) to make a program."