assembly

(countable, uncountable) A set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device.
(countable, uncountable) The act or process of putting together a set of pieces, fragments, or elements.
(countable, uncountable) A congregation of people in one place for a purpose.
(countable, uncountable) A legislative body.
(countable, uncountable) A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of assembly language.
(countable, uncountable) 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.