different between assembler vs debugger

English

Etymology

From assemble +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??s?mb(?)l?/

Noun

assembler (countable and uncountable, plural assemblers)

1. (programming, countable) A program that reads source code written in assembly language and produces executable machine code, possibly together with information needed by linkers, debuggers and other tools.
   • 1982, InfoWorld (volume 4, number 10, page 35)

     The system includes an 8080 and a Z80 assembler, a Tektronix format downloader and other utilities.

2. (computer languages, informal, chiefly uncountable) Assembly language.

   I wrote that program in assembler.

3. (countable) One who assembles items.
   • 2014, Howard Waldrop, Things Will Never Be the Same: A Howard Waldrop Reader

     Our father worked as an assembler in a radio factory that would go out of business in the early 1960s, […]

4. (nanotechnology, countable) A nanodevice capable of assembling nanodevices, possibly including copies of itself, according to a plan.
   • Assembler (nanotechnology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Synonyms

• (language): assembly, assembly language

Derived terms

• disassembler

Related terms

• assemble
• assembly

Translations

See also

• compiler

Czech

Alternative forms

• asembler

Noun

assembler m

1. (programming) assembler (a tool that reads source code written in assembly language and produces executable machine code)
2. (programming) assembler, assembly (a programming language whose mnemonic instructions directly correspond to machine instructions for a particular processor)

French

Etymology

From Old French asembler, from Latin assimul?. See also assimiler, a borrowed doublet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.s??.ble/

Verb

assembler

1. to assemble

Conjugation

Derived terms

• assemblée
• qui se ressemble s'assemble

Further reading

• “assembler” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• rassemble, rassemblé
• ressembla
• sembleras

English

Etymology

debug +? -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /di??b???(?)/, /di??b???/
• Rhymes: -???(?)

Noun

debugger (plural debuggers)

1. (programming) A computer program that helps the user to test and debug other programs, by enabling their step-by-step execution controlled by the user, setting of breakpoints, and monitoring values of variables.

Translations

Anagrams

• begrudge, buggered

Czech

Noun

debugger m

1. (programming) debugger

See also

• ladit

Portuguese

Noun

debugger m (plural debuggers)

1. (programming) debugger (program that helps the programmer debug code)

   Synonym: depurador