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assembler

noun
/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-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin simulō Medieval Latin assimulōder. Old French assemblerbor. Middle English assemblen English assemble Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āsjos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English assembler From assemble + -er.

  1. derived from *sem-✻
  2. derived from assimulo
  3. derived from assembler
  4. inherited from assemblen
  5. suffixed as assembler — “assemble + er”

Definitions

  1. A program that reads source code written in assembly language and produces executable…

    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.

  2. Assembly language.

    • I wrote that program in assembler.

  3. One who assembles items.

    • Our father worked as an assembler in a radio factory that would go out of business in the early 1960s, […]
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A nanodevice capable of assembling nanodevices, possibly including copies of itself,…

      A nanodevice capable of assembling nanodevices, possibly including copies of itself, according to a plan.

      • Assembler (nanotechnology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Derived

absolute assembler, assembler language, cross assembler, disassembler, macroassembler, microassembler, molecular assembler

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for assembler. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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