Disassembly

//dɪsəˈsɛmbli// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The process of disassembling. countable, uncountable

    "RUD stands for “rapid unscheduled disassembly” – a fancy way to say “crashed.”"

  2. 2
    the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery) wordnet
  3. 3
    The code generated by a disassembler. countable

    "If you can trace back through the disassembly to where the variable is first loaded into a register, you can often discover its value or its address by inspecting that register."

Synonyms

All synonyms
demolitiondeprivationdismantlementdismantlingdismantlingsmashing

Example

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"RUD stands for “rapid unscheduled disassembly” – a fancy way to say “crashed.”"

Etymology

From dis- + assembly.

Related phrases

disassembly lineenergetic disassemblyrapid unplanned disassemblyrapid unscheduled disassembly

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