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cross-compilation

cross-compilation noun: the process of compiling a program for a different CPU architecture or operating system than that of the development machine.

Noun

cross-compilation (countable and uncountable, plural cross-compilations)

  1. The process of compiling a program for a different CPU architecture or operating system than that of the development machine.
    • The second part of the book, Chapters 6–11, provides detailed information on interfacing to the Raspberry Pi GPIOs, buses (I²C, SPI), UART devices, and USB peripherals. You learn how to configure a cross-compilation environment so that you can build large-scale software applications for the...2016, Derek Molloy, “Introduction”, in Exploring Raspberry Pi: Interfacing to the Real World With Embedded Linux, Indianapolis, I.N.: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, page xxii

Forms of cross-compilation

pluralcross-compilations

Questions about cross-compilation

What does cross-compilation mean?
Cross-compilation means the process of compiling a program for a different CPU architecture or operating system than that of the development machine.
What part of speech is cross-compilation?
Cross-compilation is a noun.
What is the plural of cross-compilation?
The plural of cross-compilation is cross-compilations.

Words near cross-compilation in the dictionary

  1. cross-collateralize
  2. cross-collateralized
  3. cross-collateralizes
  4. cross-collateralizing
  5. cross-compatible
  6. cross-compilation
  7. cross-compilations
  8. cross-compiler
  9. cross-compilers
  10. cross-complaint
  11. cross-complaints

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