Assemblers

/əˈsɛmblərz/ noun

Plural of assembler; people or machines that put parts together to create finished products, or in computing, programs that convert code into machine language.

From assemble + -er suffix (one who does the action) + -s (plural). The computing meaning emerged in the 1950s as the technology developed.

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