Assembler

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

assembler
    n 1: a program to convert assembly language into machine
         language [syn: {assembler}, {assembly program}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Assembler \As*sem"bler\, n.
   One who assembles a number of individuals; also, one of a
   number assembled.
   [1913 Webster]

   2. (Computers) a computer program that takes as input a set
      of instructions written in assembly language, and produces
      a corresponding executable computer program in machine
      language.
      [PJC]

   3. (Computers) same as {assembly language}. [informal]
      [PJC]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

assembly language \assembly language\ n.
   1. (Computers) an artificial computer language with mnemonic
      codes representing the basic machine-language instructions
      of a computer, which can be interpreted by an assembler to
      produce a computer program in machine language. Also
      informally referred to as {assembler}.

   Note: Writing a program in assembly language is very much
         simpler than writing the machine instructions in binary
         code, and the use of such a language greatly increases
         the efficiency of the process of writing computer
         programs. See also {programming language}, {FORTRAN},
         {BASIC}.
         [PJC]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

assembler

   <programming> A program which converts {assembly language}
   into {machine code}.

   (1996-03-25)