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disassembly

noun

  1. separation of assembled components of a physical system, either intentionally or not
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /dɪsəˈsɛmbli/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English assembly English disassembly From dis- + assembly.

  1. The process of disassembling.

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

    “Across spans of millions of years, mountain ranges tear themselves apart through suicidal erosion. But lately, experts warn, the pace of disassembly has accelerated, stoked by the human-made climate crisis.”

  2. The code generated by a disassembler.

    “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.”