Assembly or Assembler, which one is right term ?

[IanP]

Assembly or Assembler

Some members use "assembly", not many "assembler".
Which is right?

 

[admir]

Re: Assembly or Assembler

Hi,

By definition: An assembler is a computer program for translating assembly language.

HTH,
Admir.

 

[rellutzu]

Re: Assembly or Assembler

Somebody who knows their etymologycal meanings must step up and speak here!

 

[alexz]

Re: Assembly or Assembler

The language is called: " Assembly language"

 

[s2c97]

Assembly or Assembler

An assembler is a program that accepts instructions written in assembly language.

s2c97

 

[ayan_m]

Assembly or Assembler

Now this is making it really technical

 

[querybox]

Re: Assembly or Assembler

Hi

By Web Definition for Assembler :

A program that accepts instructions written in the assembly language of the computer and translates them into a binary representation of the corresponding machine instructions.

http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/805-4368/6j450e60a

 

[svicent]

Re: Assembly or Assembler

Assembler:

A program which translates an assembly programming language into the code of ones and zeros used by computers. See also ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE. (from Newton's Telecom Dictionary (c) 1997 by Harry Newton, 12 West 21 Street, New York, NY 10010 212-691-8215 1-800-LIBRARY)