assembly language

American  

noun

Computers.

1. a programming language most of whose expressions are symbolic equivalents of the machine-language instructions of a particular computer.

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assembly language British  

noun

1. computing a low-level programming language that allows a programmer complete control of the machine code to be generated

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Etymology

Origin of assembly language

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

Its fragmented internal architecture was built around Sega’s cutting-edge arcade machine technology, but developers needed expert knowledge of assembly language to wrestle anything out of it.

From The Guardian

He wrote it in assembly language to increase efficiency and save space; there’s a legend that for years afterwards he could recite the entire program by heart.

From The Guardian

Whereas an assembly language allows the person to specify the action of particular transistors, visual languages such as Scratch give users predetermined transistor behaviour inside an easier-to-use packaging.

From Nature

In the 1940s and 1950s, computers were programmed using very low-level assembly language, and few design tools or compilers existed.

From Nature

A language like Python or C or Java — languages that dominate industry — will run on any modern computer; assembly language is inseparable from the machine it commands.

From Salon