cross-compilation

English

Noun

cross-compilation (countable and uncountable, plural cross-compilations)

  1. The process of compiling a program for a different CPU architecture or operating system than that of the development machine.
    • 2016, Derek Molloy, “Introduction”, in Exploring Raspberry Pi: Interfacing to the Real World With Embedded Linux, Indianapolis, I.N.: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, page xxii:
      The second part of the book, Chapters 6–11, provides detailed information on interfacing to the Raspberry Pi GPIOs, buses (I2C, SPI), UART devices, and USB peripherals. You learn how to configure a cross-compilation environment so that you can build large-scale software applications for the Raspberry Pi.
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