assembly coding
nounUK /əˈsɛmbli ˈkəʊdɪŋ/
US /əˈsɛmbli ˈkoʊdɪŋ/
Assembly coding is writing computer instructions in a very simple language that is close to what the machine itself understands.
He learned assembly coding so he could make the tiny robot move its arms.
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2. The act of writing programs using mnemonics that map directly to a processor's machine instructions.
Assembly coding gives you precise control over memory and registers.
3. A style of teaching programming that starts with how the hardware executes each instruction.
The course begins with assembly coding before moving on to C.
4. Hand-writing short routines in assembly to speed up a slow part of a larger program.
They used assembly coding for the inner loop to make the game run faster.