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Computer program to translate machine language into assembly language
A disassembler is a computer program that translates machine language into assembly language—the inverse operation to that of an assembler. The output of disassembly is typically formatted for human-readability rather than for input to an assembler, making disassemblers primarily a reverse-engineering tool. Common uses include analyzing the output of high-level programming language compilers and their optimizations, recovering source code when the original is lost, performing malware analysis, modifying software, and software cracking. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: DisassemblerA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Implementation of Instruction Disassembler Based on Electromagnetic Traces Using Multiple Features Deep Learning ModelInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Epigenetics ProtocolsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Pharmacokinetic evaluation of the PNC disassembler metarrestin in wild-type and Pdx1-Cre;LSL-KrasG12D/+;Tp53R172H/+ (KPC) mice, a genetically engineered model of pancreatic cancerCited 13 times
- Go sideways: DecompilerA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Binary NinjaA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A computer program that examines another computer program and attempts to generate assembly language source code that would, in theory, reproduce the target program.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Pharmacokinetic evaluation of the PNC disassembler metarrestin in wild-type and Pdx1-Cre;LSL-KrasG12D/+;Tp53R172H/+ (KPC) mice, a genetically engineered model of pancreatic cancer
Implementation of Disassembler on Microcontroller Using Side-Channel Power Consumption Leakage
CPU-Doctor: when a device’s heart-beat can be an acoustic side-channel disassembler
In praise of the disassembler
Metabolic disassembler for understanding and predicting the biosynthetic units of natural products
CIRO7.2: A Material Network with Circularity of -7.2 and Reinforcement-Learning-Controlled Robotic Disassembler
Dynamics of the machine aggregate with a milling mechanism of the cotton bundle disassembler
Substantiation of the parameters of modernized cotton bundle disassembler machine with the working drum with a curved peg and a flexible element
🆕 Influential since 2022
Implementation of Instruction Disassembler Based on Electromagnetic Traces Using Multiple Features Deep Learning Model
RESOURCE-SAVING COMPOSITE MILLING DRUM WITH AN ELASTIC SHOCK ABSORBER OF THE COTTON RIOT DISASSEMBLER
Creating a common notation of the x86 processor software interface for automated disassembler construction
📚 Books worth reading
Epigenetics ProtocolsTrygve O. Tollefsbol · 2004
Nutrients and epigeneticsSang-Woon Choi, Simonetta Friso · 2009
Fundamentals of ChromatinJerry L. Workman, Susan M. Abmayr · 2013
The IDA Pro bookChris Eagle · 2008
Role Of The Transcriptome In Breast Cancer PreventionJose Russo · 2012
Chromatin remodelingRandall H. Morse · 2012
Reverse engineering code with IDA ProChris Paget, Walter Pearce · 2008
Sperm ChromatinArmand Zini · 2011
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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