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National Teaching and Learning Change ProgrammeInformation and Communication Technology: Dictionary

assembly language

A special type of programming language where the instructions are closely related to the computer being programmed (rather than a common language which is similar on any type of computer). In general, each assembly language instruction is changed into one machine-code instruction.

Related terms
assemblerprocedurelow-level languagemachine codeprogram
Term sub categories
Programming › assemblers, compilers and interpreters
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