assembly language
noun
: a programming language that consists of instructions that are mnemonic codes for corresponding machine language instructions
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Decades after the tech went out of vogue, the FDS still uses assembly language and 16-bit words.
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IEEE Spectrum, 6 May 2024
Because of his growing fascination with technology, at 16, Borkowski opted to attend a technical high school, pursuing a technical diploma in electronics and learning about components, soldering, and assembly language.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Feb. 2024
This was because the software had to be rewritten in assembly language to hit the much smaller memory targets, and assembly language programming took much longer to write.
—Jeremy Reimer, Ars Technica, 19 Jan. 2023
Because most viruses are written for Windows, reverse engineering them requires knowledge of x86 assembly language.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Feb. 2013
So goto came out of assembly language.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Mar. 2023
Enlarge / Comparison of assembly language for a generic CISC CPU versus a generic RISC one.
—Jeremy Reimer, Ars Technica, 23 Sep. 2022
Before high-level languages such as Python, Java, and Fortran were invented, programming was done in assembly language.
—Andrew Hudson, Ars Technica, 14 Mar. 2022
Reading assembly language books in middle school or programming BBS software in high school didn’t register, then, explicitly, as a salve.
—Craig Mod, Wired, 6 Apr. 2021
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IEEE Spectrum, 6 May 2024
Because of his growing fascination with technology, at 16, Borkowski opted to attend a technical high school, pursuing a technical diploma in electronics and learning about components, soldering, and assembly language.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Feb. 2024
This was because the software had to be rewritten in assembly language to hit the much smaller memory targets, and assembly language programming took much longer to write.
—Jeremy Reimer, Ars Technica, 19 Jan. 2023
Because most viruses are written for Windows, reverse engineering them requires knowledge of x86 assembly language.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Feb. 2013
So goto came out of assembly language.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Mar. 2023
Enlarge / Comparison of assembly language for a generic CISC CPU versus a generic RISC one.
—Jeremy Reimer, Ars Technica, 23 Sep. 2022
Before high-level languages such as Python, Java, and Fortran were invented, programming was done in assembly language.
—Andrew Hudson, Ars Technica, 14 Mar. 2022
Reading assembly language books in middle school or programming BBS software in high school didn’t register, then, explicitly, as a salve.
—Craig Mod, Wired, 6 Apr. 2021
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“Assembly language.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assembly%20language. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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