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Disassembles vs Disassembler - What's the difference?

disassembles | disassembler |

As a verb disassembles

is (disassemble).

As a noun disassembler is

(computing) a computer program that examines another computer program and attempts to generate assembly language source code that would, in theory, reproduce the target program.

disassembles

English

Verb

(head)
  • (disassemble)

    • disassemble

    English

    Verb

  • To take to pieces; to reverse the process of assembly.
    • To perform the repair it was necessary to disassemble most of the mechanism.
  • (computing) To convert machine code to a human-readable, mnemonic form.

    • Related terms

    * assembly * disassembly * disassembler

    disassembler

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia disassembler) (en noun)
  • (computing) A computer program that examines another computer program and attempts to generate assembly language source code that would, in theory, reproduce the target program.

    • Usage notes

    The term "disassembler" is properly applied only'' to programs that produce Assembly Language output. If the output is in another programming language such as C, the program is called a ''decompiler instead.

    Related terms

    * disassemble * assembly * assembler

    See also

    * compiler * decompile * reverse engineering