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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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
Foxconn, which until recently was best known as an iPhone assembler for Apple, has consolidated its position in the AI supply chain, by making AI servers for U.S. tech giants including Amazon and Nvidia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025
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
It combines the one-to-one translation facilities of an assembler, and the one-to-many translation facilities of a formula translation compiler.
From Preliminary Specifications: Programmed Data Processor Model Three (PDP-3) October, 1960 by Digital Equipment Corporation
These days, King is one of several young assemblers on Lockheed’s PAC-3 missile assembly line.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 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
Days later, on 5 November, reports emerged that Apple had told its top smartphone assemblers to "halt plans for additional production lines" for the recently released iPhone XR.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2022
Six assemblers traveled with the chassis and picked up the parts from piles placed along the line.
From My Life and Work by Henry Ford
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