assembly language
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(Or "assembly code") A symbolic representation ofthemachine language of a specificprocessor. Assemblylanguage is converted tomachine code by anassembler.Usually, each line of assembly code produces one machineinstruction, though the use ofmacros is common.
Programming in assembly language is slow and error-prone butis the only way to squeeze every last bit of performance outof the hardware.Filename extension: .s (Unix), .asm (CP/M and others).See alsosecond generation language.Last updated:1996-09-17
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Assembly Language ♦assembly language ♦Assembly Language Compiler
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