Assembly language is written using short codes that suggest their meaning and are therefore easier to remember than machine language. It is machine dependent. An assembler is used to convert assembly language to machine language.

Why is assembly language considered as machine dependent?

Because assembly depends on the machine code instructions, every assembly language is designed for exactly one specific computer architecture. Assembly language may also be called symbolic machine code. Assembly code is converted into executable machine code by a utility program referred to as an assembler.

Is assembly code machine independent?

Assembly language is machine-dependent, yet mnemonics used to represent instructions in it are not directly understandable by machine and high-Level language is machine-independent. A computer understands instructions in machine code, i.e. in the form of 0s and 1s.