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Autotools

Autotools proper noun: the GNU build system.

Proper noun

Autotools

  1. The GNU build system.

Origin of Autotools

From auto- + tools.

Questions about Autotools

What does Autotools mean?
Autotools means the GNU build system.
What part of speech is Autotools?
Autotools is a proper noun.

Words near Autotools in the dictionary

  1. autotomizers
  2. autotomizes
  3. autotomizing
  4. autotomous
  5. autotomy
  6. Autotools
  7. autotopagnosia
  8. autotopagnosias
  9. autotopagnosic
  10. autotopism
  11. autotopisms

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