ASSEMBLER
An assembler is a program that takes basic computer
instructions and converts them into a pattern of bits that the computer's
processor can use to perform its basic operations.
Most computers come with a specified
set of very basic instructions that correspond to the basic machine operations
that the computer can perform. For example, a "Load" instruction
causes the processor to move a string of bits from a location in the
processor's memory to a special holding place called a register.
Assuming the processor has at least
eight registers, each numbered, the following instruction would move the value
(string of bits of a certain length) at memory location 3000 into the holding
place called register 8:
L
8,3000
