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  • noun (Computers) a computer program that takes as input a computer program in machine language and produces an equivalent assembly-language file.

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  • noun 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.

Etymologies

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disassemble +‎ -er

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Examples

  • Resource gathering is undertaken by a disassembler unit, which trundles around absorbing wreckage, old buildings or some enemy structures and transferring the energy back to the carrier, where it can be used to build new vehicles.

    Archive 2009-10-01 Adam Whitehead 2009

  • Resource gathering is undertaken by a disassembler unit, which trundles around absorbing wreckage, old buildings or some enemy structures and transferring the energy back to the carrier, where it can be used to build new vehicles.

    Wertzone Classics: Hostile Waters Adam Whitehead 2009

  • Cliff: I think the singularity crowd will be the first to volunteer to be guinea pigs in a disassembler/assembler gate.

    Super-Conduct Me « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2007

  • And not with a disassembler compiled with gcc, either - as Ken suggested, you can also make the compiler patch the disassembler to make it hide the work done by the compiler patch.

    Snell-Pym » Secure bootstrapping 2007

  • A group of pre-pubescent children are playing hunt-and-seek with their big-eyed pet companions, brandishing makeshift spears and automatic rifles -- there's no danger here, for bodies are fungible, rebuilt in a minute by the assembler/disassembler gates in every room.

    Asimov's Science Fiction 2004

  • Unfortunately, the disassembler I'm using is old, and doesn't handle a lot of instructions.

    September 20th, 2003 film2edit 2003

  • I spent a happy couple of hours getting the disassembler installed and running, and made a first crack at the disassembly.

    September 20th, 2003 film2edit 2003

  • DESA. EXE, a beta GEMA disassembler is available in the GEMA package.

    FAQ: The x86 Assembly Language FAQ by Raymond Moon (Part II) 1998

  • The IDE will have integrated tools including a debugger, calculator, binary editor, and disassembler.

    FAQ: The x86 Assembly Language FAQ by Raymond Moon (Part II) 1998

  • However, the "L" command to disassemble 6502 code still did not handle the new 65c02 opcodes as did the IIc disassembler.

    The Apple II History, by Steven Weyhrich : The Apple IIe 1992

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