assembler language

noun

: assembly language

As assembler languages developed, user groups began to form comprising sophisticated users who sought to improve the functionality of products, sometimes to the chagrin of the manufacturers themselves.

—William P. Barnett, The Red Queen among Organizations, 2008

Word History

First Known Use

1964, in the meaning defined above

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