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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

assembly
     n 1: a group of machine parts that fit together to form a
          self-contained unit
     2: the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)
        [syn: fabrication] [ant: dismantling]
     3: a public facility to meet for open discussion [syn: forum,
         meeting place]
     4: a group of persons gathered together for a common purpose
     5: the social act of assembling; "they demanded the right of
        assembly" [syn: assemblage, gathering] [ant: dismantling]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Assembly \As*sem"bly\, n.; pl. Assemblies. [F. assembl['e]e,
   fr. assembler. See Assemble.]
   1. A company of persons collected together in one place, and
      usually for some common purpose, esp. for deliberation and
      legislation, for worship, or for social entertainment.

   2. A collection of inanimate objects. [Obs.] --Howell.

   3. (Mil.) A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a
      signal to troops to assemble.

   Note: In some of the United States, the legislature, or the
         popular branch of it, is called the Assembly, or the
         General Assembly. In the Presbyterian Church, the
         General Assembly is the highest ecclesiastical
         tribunal, composed of ministers and ruling elders
         delegated from each presbytery; as, the General
         Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United
         States, or of Scotland.

Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (2003-OCT-10) 

ASSEMBLY

   <language> An early system on the IBM 702.

   [Listed in CACM 2(5):1959-05-16].

   (1996-06-27)