🪑 Not put together 💻 Not compiled

unassembled

7.5

Still in a form of computer code people can read and not turned into machine code

adjective
/ˌʌnəˈsɛmbəld/

Specialized

: no ensamblado

The developer reviewed the unassembled code to check for errors before compiling.

Examples

The unassembled code needs to be processed before it can run.
The source code was still unassembled and could not be executed by the computer.
Before running the program, make sure it is not unassembled or it will not work.
She received an unassembled version of the software.
The source code was still unassembled and could not be executed by the computer.
Before running the program, make sure it is not unassembled or it will not work.
The developer reviewed the unassembled code to check for errors before compiling.

How Assembled

executable

Specialized

2 4.9

linked

2.1

unassembled

Specialized

7.5

Surface Forms

unassembled positive

Morphology

unassembled = assembled (semi-transparent) = un + assemble + ed

Form is morphologically transparent (un- + assembled) but the computing-specific sense of 'assembled' (converted by an assembler) is domain-specific and may not be clear to a general B1 learner.

Etymology

Unassembled is made of un- meaning 'not' and assemble meaning 'to bring parts together', and in computing assembly means a simple kind of computer code that must be changed into 'machine code'. So unassembled code is still in that assembly form and has not been turned into machine code.