assembler

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/əˈsɛmb(ə)lɚ/

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.

“I wrote that program in assembler.”

Similar
ASMassemblyassembly languageassembly program
OriginEnglish assemble ← Middle English assemblen ← Old French assembler →
Less commonScrabble 13
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Meanings

nounassembler (countable and uncountable, plural assemblers)

plural assemblers

  1. countablecomputingA 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.

    The system includes an 8080 and a Z80 assembler, a Tektronix format downloader and other utilities.

    1982, InfoWorld, volume 4, number 10, page 35
  2. informaluncountablecomputer languagesAssembly language.

    I wrote that program in assembler.

  3. countableOne who assembles items.

    Our father worked as an assembler in a radio factory that would go out of business in the early 1960s, […]

    2014, Howard Waldrop, Things Will Never Be the Same: A Howard Waldrop Reader
  4. countableengineeringA nanodevice capable of assembling nanodevices, possibly including copies of itself, according to a plan.

    Assembler (nanotechnology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
ASMassemblyassembly language

nouna program to convert assembly language into machine language

Similar
assembly program
Broader
programprogrammecomputer program
Also see
assembly language

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*sem-h₂-lo-
  7. Proto-Italic*semalis
  8. Latinsimilis
  9. Latinsimulō
  10. Medieval Latinassimulō
  11. Old Frenchassembler
  12. Middle Englishassemblen
  13. Englishassemble
  14. Englishassembler

From assemble + -er.

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Translations

Bulgarian асемблер
  • асемблер (asembler)program that converts assembly language to machine code
Czech assembler
  • assemblerprogram that converts assembly language to machine code
Esperanto asemblilo, kunmetilo
  • asembliloprogram that converts assembly language to machine code
  • kunmetiloprogram that converts assembly language to machine code
Estonian assembler
  • assemblerprogram that converts assembly language to machine code
Finnish konekielelle kääntäjä, konekielikääntäjä
  • konekielelle kääntäjäprogram that converts assembly language to machine code
  • konekielikääntäjäprogram that converts assembly language to machine code
  • kokoonpanijaone who assembles items
  • kokoojaone who assembles items
  • kokoojananodevice
French assembleur
  • assembleurprogram that converts assembly language to machine code
German Assembler
  • Assemblerprogram that converts assembly language to machine code
Greek συμβολομεταφραστής
  • συμβολομεταφραστής (symvolometafrastís)program that converts assembly language to machine code
Icelandic smali
  • smaliprogram that converts assembly language to machine code
Japanese アセンブラ
  • アセンブラ (asenbura)program that converts assembly language to machine code
Korean 어셈블러
  • 어셈블러 (eosembeulleo)program that converts assembly language to machine code
Polish asembler, assembler
  • asemblerprogram that converts assembly language to machine code
  • assemblerprogram that converts assembly language to machine code
Portuguese montador, montador
  • montadorprogram that converts assembly language to machine code
  • montadorone who assembles items
  • montador molecularnanodevice
Russian ассемблер
  • ассемблер (assembler)program that converts assembly language to machine code
Swedish assemblator, assembler
  • assemblatorprogram that converts assembly language to machine code
  • assemblerprogram that converts assembly language to machine code
Vietnamese trình hợp dịch
  • trình hợp dịchprogram that converts assembly language to machine code
Cite this entry
APA

assembler. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assembler

MLA

“assembler.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assembler. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “assembler,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assembler.

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