The novel machine needed feeding with software, including a compiler and assembler, if it was to do anything useful.

这台新机器需要软件，包括一个编译器和汇编器，否则它什么也做不了。

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An assembler convert source-code programs from assembly language into machine language. A linker combines individual files created by an assembler into a single executable program.

汇编器将汇编语言源代码转换为机器语言。链接器将汇编器产生的单独文件合并成一个可执行程序。

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The assembler language is a kind of symbolic machine language.

汇编语言是一种符号化的机器语言。

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