| 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 |
| Noun | 1. | assembly language - a low-level programing language; close approximation to machine language |
| 1. | (language, robotics) | Assembly Language - (AL) A language for industrial robots
developed at Stanford University in the 1970s. ["The AL Language for an Intelligent Robot", T. Binford in Langages et Methods de Programation des Robots Industriels, pp. 73-88, IRIA Press 1979]. ["AL User's Manual", M.S. Mujtaba et al, Stanford AI Lab, Memo AIM-323 (Jan 1979)]. | |
| 2. | (language) | assembly 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. Filename extension: .s (Unix), .asm (CP/M and others). See also second generation language. |
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