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assembly language

as·sem·bly lan·guage
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [uh-sem-blee lang-gwij]
    • /əˈsɛm bli ˈlæŋ gwɪdʒ/
    • /əˈsem.bli ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [uh-sem-blee lang-gwij]
    • /əˈsɛm bli ˈlæŋ gwɪdʒ/

Definitions of assembly language words

  • noun assembly language a low-level programming language that allows a programmer complete control of the machine code to be generated 3
  • noun assembly language a computer language most of whose expressions are symbolic equivalents of the machine-language instructions of a particular computer. 1
  • noun Technical meaning of assembly language (language, robotics)   (AL) A language for industrial robots developed at Stanford University in the 1970s. 1
  • noun Definition of assembly language in Technology (language)   (Or "assembly code") A symbolic representation of the machine language of a specific processor. Assembly language is converted to machine code by an assembler. Usually, each line of assembly code produces one machine instruction, though the use of macros is common. Programming in assembly language is slow and error-prone but is the only way to squeeze every last bit of performance out of the hardware. See also second generation language. 1
  • noun assembly language (computing) A programming language in which the source code of programs is composed of mnemonic instructions, each of which corresponds directly to a machine instruction for a particular processor. 0
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Origin of assembly language

First appearance:

before 1960
One of the 3% newest English words
First recorded in 1960-65

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Parts of speech for Assembly language

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assembly language popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 27% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data about 72% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

assembly language usage trend in Literature

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