The difference between Assembly and Software

When used as nouns, assembly means a set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device, whereas software means encoded computer instructions, usually modifiable (unless stored in some form of unalterable memory such as rom).

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  1. Assembly as a noun:

    A set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device.

    Examples:

    "In order to change the bearing, you must first remove the gearbox assembly."

  2. Assembly as a noun:

    The act of putting together a set of pieces, fragments, or elements.

    Examples:

    "instructions for assembly"

    "assembly line"

  3. Assembly as a noun:

    A congregation of people in one place for a purpose.

    Examples:

    "school assembly"

    "freedom of assembly"

  4. Assembly as a noun:

    A legislative body.

    Examples:

    "the w General Assembly General Assembly of the [[United Nations]]"

  5. Assembly as a noun (military):

    A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.

  6. Assembly as a noun (computing):

  7. Assembly as a noun (computing):

    In Microsoft .NET, a building block of an application, similar to a DLL, but containing both executable code and information normally found in a DLL's type library. The type library information in an assembly, called a manifest, describes public functions, data, classes, and version information.

  1. Software as a noun (computing):

    Encoded computer instructions, usually modifiable (unless stored in some form of unalterable memory such as ROM).

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