toolsuite

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noun

A set of related tools (software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations) that are distributed together.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

nountoolsuite (plural toolsuites)

plural toolsuites · alternative tool-suite

  1. computingA set of related tools (software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations) that are distributed together.

    The CD also includes GNU toolsuite with EMACS language-sensitive editor

    1999, Ben Cohen, VHDL Coding Styles and Methodologies, page xi
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    2. Overall project productivity enhancement as a result of NAS support for rapid prototyping, runtime instrumentation toolsuite, and encapsulation of the difficult capabilities required in any distributed real-time system

    1989, Walker Royce, “Reliable, reusable Ada components for constructing large, distributed multi-task networks: Network Architecture Services (NAS)”, in Proceedings. TRI-Ada ’89, page 500

    In the past 15+ years, our team has created and evolved a tool-suite for model-driven software development that we call ‘Model-Integrated Computing’ (MIC) suite [24].

    2010, Gabor Karsai, “Lessons learned from building a graph transformation system”, in Gregor Engels, Claus Lewerentz, Wilhelm Schäfer, Andy Schürr, Bernhard Westfechtel, editors, Graph Transformations and Model-Driven Engineering: Essays Dedicated to Manfred Nagl on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday, page 203

    To support the complex SeCo lifecycle, we have designed a toolsuite that comprises a variety of instruments, structured as an online development platform

    2011, Marco Brambilla, Luca Tettamanti, “Tools supporting search computing application development”, in Stefano Ceri, Marco Brambilla, editors, Search Computing: Trends and Developments, page 180

    If the compiler was installed correctly, the dialog will show Microchip C18 as the active language toolsuite. The toolsuite contents window will list the four programs required in project development

    2018, Julio Sanchez, Maria P. Canton, Microcontrollers: High-Performance Systems and Programming, page 92

Origin

Compound of tool + suite. Attested from the 20th century (see quotations below).

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