Assembler (Noun)
Meaning
A program to convert assembly language into machine language.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The assembler program was able to quickly convert the assembly language code into machine language.
- A two-pass assembler was used to handle the forward references in the code.
- The compiler was integrated with an assembler to produce object code.
- An assembler directive was used to define the memory address for the data.
- The computer's assembler program could only translate code for its own architecture.