assembler
Americannoun
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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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As the largest assembler of iPhones, Foxconn has benefited directly from the surge in iPhone 17 upgrades, which helped drive Apple’s second-quarter iPhone revenue sharply higher.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 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
Among the languages and near-languages it supports are: C, C++, Objective-C, Perl, Python, m4, Ada, Pascal, Java, awk, Tcl/Tk, SQL, assembler, Bourne shell, csh, and more.
From Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage by Goerzen, John
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