What is an Assembler?



What is an Assembler?..

Answer / Sujeet Sinha

An assembler is a computer program that translates assembly language code, which is a low-level programming language consisting of mnemonics for machine instructions and symbols representing data, into machine code (binary code) that the CPU can execute directly. The assembler converts each line of assembly code into a corresponding machine instruction, making it easier for programmers to write and test programs without having to understand the complexities of the underlying hardware.

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