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Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *-s

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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *d(w)is-

Latin dis-

Old French des-bor.

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Latin dis-bor.

Middle English dis-

English dis-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *sem-

Proto-Indo-European *sem-h₂-lo-

Proto-Italic *semalis

Latin similis

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin simulō

Medieval Latin assimulōder.

Old French assemblerbor.

Middle English assemblen

English assemble

English disassemble

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

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Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English disassembler

From disassemble + -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

disassembler (plural disassemblers)

(computing) A computer program that examines another computer program and attempts to generate assembly language source code that would, in theory, reproduce the target program.

Usage notes

The term "disassembler" is properly applied only to programs that produce Assembly Language output. If the output is in another programming language such as C, the program is called a decompiler instead.

Related terms

Translations

program that translates machine code into assembly language

Chinese:
Mandarin: 反組譯器 / 反组译器
Czech: disassembler m
Finnish: konekielen takaisinkääntäjä
French: désassembleur (fr)
German: Disassembler m
Japanese: 逆アセンブラー (gyaku asenburā)
Polish: dezasembler m
Russian: дизассе́мблер (ru) m (dizassémbler)