assembler
/əˈsɛmb(ə)lɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.69 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A program that reads source code written in assembly language and produces executable machine code, possibly together with information needed by linkers, debuggers and other tools.
Countable
noun
A nanodevice capable of assembling nanodevices, possibly including copies of itself, according to a plan.
Countable
Example Sentences
- "The system includes an 8080 and a Z80 assembler, a Tektronix format downloader and other utilities."
- "I wrote that program in assembler."
- "Our father worked as an assembler in a radio factory that would go out of business in the early 1960s, […]"
- "Assembler (nanotechnology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sem-h₂-lo- Proto-Italic *semalis Latin similis Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin simulō Medieval Latin assimulōder. Old French assemblerbor. Middle English assemblen English assemble Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English assembler From assemble + -er.