software toolkit
- noun
- /ˈsɔftˌwɛr ˈtʊlˌkɪt/
- Specialized
:
kit de herramientas de software
- She found an online software toolkit that helped her quickly build and test her new game.
Examples
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To create new applications, many programmers rely on a powerful software toolkit that includes various libraries.
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VE-Suite is the open-source software toolkit that is being developed at the Virtual Reality Applications Center at Iowa State University.
Academic text (2005) -
The developers used a comprehensive software toolkit to streamline their coding process.
Synonyms
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3.4
A set of tools and materials for a particular job
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A set of small programs in software that help with the same job
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Tools or programs that work together to do a task
How Comprehensive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a collection of software utilities or resources' is directly and compositionally derivable from 'software' (computer programs) + 'toolkit' (a set of tools/resources). This follows a productive noun–noun compounding pattern common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The term software toolkit comes from the idea of a real toolkit and the word software meaning 'programs'. Imagine a box of screwdrivers and hammers, but instead it holds programs and small code helpers that save time, so a software toolkit means a set of software tools to help build programs.