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Makefile

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confignoun(computing, informal) Configuration.
makefilesnounAlternative spelling of make file. [(computing) A configuration file that describes the steps involved in building an application from its source code.]
toolchainnoun(computing) A set of tools for software development, often used in sequence so that the output of one tool comprises the input of the next.
cygwinnoun(computing) A POSIX-compatible environment that runs natively on Microsoft Windows.
tarballnoun(computing) A file that is an archive of several other files, created using the Unix tar utility.
sconsnouna software development tool that analyzes source code dependencies and operating system adaptation requirements from a software project description and generates final binary executables for installation on the target operating system platform.
win32noun(computing) Abbreviation of Microsoft Windows 32-bit.
executableCapable of being executed.
ocamlnoun(computer languages) A general-purpose, multi-paradigm programming language based on the Caml dialect of ML.
make filenoun(computing) A configuration file that describes the steps involved in building an application from its source code.
makeverb(transitive) To create.
pseudo-filenounAlternative spelling of pseudofile. [(computing) A file that does not represent a file on the underlying file system on disk, but instead is automatically generated to represent some other object in the form of a file (for example '/proc/cpuinfo' in Linux).]
application programmenoun(British spelling) Alternative form of application program. [(computing) A computer program written to solve a particular problem or to be used in a particular user-defined application.]
helpfilenoun(computing) A computer file explaining how to use the associated software.
compilandnoun(computing) A file or other single unit of program source code that can be compiled.
sourcecodenounAlternative form of source code. [(programming) Human-readable instructions in a programming language, to be transformed into machine instructions by a compiler, assembler or other translator, or to be carried out directly by an interpreter.]
autotoolsnoun(software) The GNU build system.
read menounAlternative form of readme. [(computing) A text file meant to be read before taking any significant action with the items it accompanies.]
header filenoun(programming) A file, usually in the form of source code, that is automatically included in another source file by the compiler.
assembly languagenoun(computer languages) A programming language in which the source code of programs is composed of mnemonic instructions, each of which corresponds directly to a machine instruction for a particular processor.

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