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devicetree

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-vice-tree
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A data structure placed in memory by a computer system (such as firmware) that contains information about the available hardware on the system, allowing operating systems to automatically discover it.

Etymology

From device + tree, referring to a tree data structure that encodes the properties of the given device.

Inflected Forms

devicetrees (plural) device tree (alternative)

Derived Forms

DT DTB FDT

Phrases

devicetree blob flattened devicetree

Questions

What does devicetree mean?
A data structure placed in memory by a computer system (such as firmware) that contains information about the available hardware on the system, allowing operating systems to automatically discover it.
Where does devicetree come from?
From device + tree, referring to a tree data structure that encodes the properties of the given device.

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