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Assembly (bugle call)
WordNet
noun
(1) The act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)
(2) The social act of assembling
"They demanded the right of assembly"
(3) A group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit
(4) A public facility to meet for open discussion
(5) A group of persons gathered together for a common purpose
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From assemblee, from assembler ( assemblee, French: assemblée).
Noun
- A set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device.
- A congregation of people in one place for a purpose
- school assembly, freedom of assembly
- A legislative body; e.g., the General Assembly of the United Nations.
- A shortened or jargon form of the term assembly language.
- 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.