implementor
- noun
- /ˈɪmplɪˌmɛntər/
- Specialized
- These modifications require money and time to implement, particularly if the tool implementors are separate tool vendors.
Examples
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This gives implementors the ability to use effectively allocated activation records on entering the context.
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First, when installing packaged accounting software, system implementors should be prepared to have people's initial expectations turn pessimistic and then get better.
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"Implementors should be aware that this specification is not stable.
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Implementors who are not taking part in the discussions are likely to find the specification changing out from under them in incompatible ways.
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System implementors are usually reluctant to design extra components into a board since these components increase the cost of the system and occupy valuable board space.
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Today, it already has things that I think Canvas/SVG/CSS will get in the next 10-20 years -- and even so, who knows if browser implementors will agree on the "standards" and not interpret their own way how they did it so far and are still doing it.
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It is possible, and this has happened many times in the past, to have standards, pretty solid implementations, but poor interoperability because of various interpretations of the specifications by implementors.
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Unfortunately, a JVM language has to be a drop-in replacement for Java (otherwise, a port is going to be a real logistics problem), and none of the Lisp/Scheme implementors seem to have that very high on their priority list.
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Usability, real implementations from a wide variety of implementors, and simplicity need to factor into the standards process, not just security and the ability to endlessly reply to endless mailing list threads.
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Software implementors need to ensure compatibility with the latest industry standards.
Synonyms
A program or device that follows rules to do a task
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Implementor comes from implement (from implere 'to fill') and the ending -or 'one who does', so in software an implementor is the person or program that 'fills' a specification by turning it into working code.