assembler
[
uh
-
sem
-bler]
/əˈsɛm blər/
noun
1.
a person or thing that assembles.
2.
Computers.
Also called
assembly routine
. a language processor that translates symbolic
assembly language
into equivalent machine language.
assembly language
.
Origin
1625-35;
assemble
+
-er
1
British Dictionary definitions for
assemblers
assembler
/
əˈsɛmblə
/
noun
1.
a person or thing that assembles
See
compiler
(sense 2)
2.
a type of computer program that converts a program written in assembly language into machine code
Compare
compiler
(sense 2)
3.
another name for
assembly language