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Assembly vs Assembler - What's the difference?

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Assembler is a synonym of assembly.

Assembler is a related term of assembly.



As nouns the difference between assembly and assembler

is that assembly is a set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device while assembler is 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.

As a proper noun Assembly

is the lower legislative body of each of a number of states of the United States, ("the Assembly").

assembly

English

Noun

(Freedom of assembly) (assemblies)
  • A set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device.
    • ''In order to change the bearing, you must first remove the gearbox assembly .
  • The act of putting together such set of pieces.
    • ''instructions for assembly
    assembly line
  • A congregation of people in one place for a purpose.
    • school assembly
    freedom of assembly
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    • They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.
  • A legislative body.
    • the of the United Nations
  • (military) A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.
  • (computing)
  • (computing) In Microsoft .NET, a building block of an application, similar to a DLL, but containing both executable code and information normally found in a DLL's type library. The type library information in an assembly, called a manifest, describes public functions, data, classes, and version information.

    • Synonyms

    * (congregation of people) foregathering

    assembler

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia assembler) (en noun)
  • (programming) 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.
    • This assembler is much faster than the old one.
  • (programming, informal) Assembly language.
    • I wrote that program in assembler .
  • One who assembles items.
  • (nanotechnology) A nanodevice capable of assembling nanodevices, possibly including copies of itself, according to a plan.
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    • Synonyms

    * (language) assembly, assembly language

    Derived terms

    * disassembler

    Related terms

    * assemble * assembly

    See also

    * compiler ----