"reference implementation" meaning in All languages combined

See reference implementation on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: reference implementations [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} reference implementation (plural reference implementations)
  1. (software engineering) A piece of software that implements a specification of requirements and whose main purpose is to help in the creation of other software implementations of the specification by serving as a point of reference rather than being put to directly productive use. Categories (topical): Software engineering Synonyms: model implementation, sample implementation Hypernyms: implementation Translations (implementation of a specification which serves as an example): mallitoteutus (Finnish), viitetoteutus (Finnish)

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