assembler
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assemblers
plural
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a person or thing that assembles.
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Computers.
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Also called assembly routine. a language processor that translates symbolic assembly language into equivalent machine language.
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noun
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a person or thing that assembles See compiler
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a type of computer program that converts a program written in assembly language into machine code Compare compiler
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another name for assembly language
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Once mainly known as an assembler of Apple’s devices, the world’s largest contract electronics maker now derives a meaningful share of revenue from building AI servers for industry leaders such as Nvidia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Using an assembler in Germany, it takes grape juice, ferments it with bacteria which does not produce alcohol, and adds Chinese green tea to offer complexity and tannins.
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
Navarro had said Musk is "not a car manufacturer. He's a car assembler, in many cases."
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2025
Getting a cell to make any type of protein involves two key steps: ferrying amino acids to the ribosome, the cell’s protein assembler, and coaxing the ribosome to stitch them onto a growing protein.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 10, 2024
This was originally promulgated by Melvin Conway, an early proto-hacker who wrote an assembler for the Burroughs 220 called SAVE.
From The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 by Eric S. Raymond
Asia’s Apple suppliers are likely to see support shift toward assemblers and component manufacturers, from traditional camera lens makers, as the iPhone 18 upgrade cycle unfolds, Morgan Stanley said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
In recent years, hydropower exports have been a key economic driver, while garment factories, electronics assemblers and other light-manufacturing firms have relied on the American market.
From Barron's ● Dec. 1, 2025
"These de novo or reference-guided assemblers are pretty well-established tools that entail a whole operational pipeline with repeat detection or structural variants' identification being just some of their functionalities," Segarra said.
From Science Daily ● May 7, 2024
A labour market study from Poland's Central Statistics Office shows firms need 93,000 industrial workers, 85,000 IT specialists, and 61,000 operators and assemblers of machines and devices, and a further 52,000 service sector employees.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2022
There are natural orderers and organisers, natural synthesisers, shippers, assemblers, and traffic masters.
From Child and Country A Book of the Younger Generation by Will Levington Comfort
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