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reference implementation

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.17 in modern English

Syllables
ref-er-ence im-ple-men-ta-tion
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
7
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Inflected Forms

reference implementations (plural)

Synonyms

model implementation sample implementation

Questions

What does reference implementation mean?
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.

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