4.2 · Lesson 2 of 4
Assembly language and assemblers
Syllabus 4.2.2
What this lesson covers
- Explain assembly language and assemblers
Key vocabulary
- Assembly language
- A low-level language that uses mnemonics to represent machine code instructions.
- Mnemonic
- A short code, such as LDA or ADD, that represents an opcode.
- Assembler
- A translator that converts assembly language into machine code.
- Machine dependent
- Only works on one type of processor.
- Device driver
- A program that tells the computer how to communicate with a piece of hardware.
Check your learning
- Quick check: 4 questions
- Key vocabulary test: 5 terms
- Activity 1: Be the assembler · 8 questions
- Activity 2: Assembly language quiz · 8 questions
- Activity 3: High-level or low-level? · drag and drop