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interop

interop noun: interoperability.

Noun

interop (uncountable)

  1. interoperability
    • Using CLR types with classic C++ libraries is an example of C++ interop, which is discussed in greater detail in Chapter 12.2007, Gordon Hogenson, C++/CLI: The Visual C++ Language for .NET, page 92
    • Generally, we will want to avoid doing heavy image processing in WPF without C++ interop because of performance issues. After all, we are looping through and applying operations to over 2 million pixels, 30 times a second!2017, Mansib Rahman, Beginning Microsoft Kinect for Windows SDK 2.0, page 56

Origin of interop

Shortening; compare op (“operation”).

Questions about interop

What does interop mean?
Interop means interoperability.
What part of speech is interop?
Interop is a noun.

Words near interop in the dictionary

  1. interologue
  2. interologues
  3. interommatidial
  4. interomniversal
  5. interonset
  6. interop
  7. interoparous
  8. interoperabilities
  9. interoperability
  10. interoperable
  11. interoperably

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