freestanding

See also: free-standing

English

Alternative forms

• free-standing

Etymology

From free +‎ standing.

Adjective

freestanding (not comparable)

1. Standing or set apart.

   Synonyms: self-standing, stand-alone

   Near-synonyms: isolated, insulated, detached, individuated, separated

   The Leaning Tower of Pisa is a freestanding bell tower.

2. Not attached to anything.
3. Not supported by or on anything.
4. (programming) Of a computer program: that runs directly on a computer's hardware, without being managed by an operating system.

   Synonym: stand-alone

   • 1989, Rex Jaeschke, Mastering Standard C: A Self-Paced Training Workbook for Modern C Language, Horsham, P.A.: Professional Press, →ISBN, page 349:

     Freestanding C programs do not need to have a main function.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “all senses”): nonfreestanding

Derived terms

• nonfreestanding

Translations

standing or set apart

• Catalan: exempt (ca)
• Danish: fritstående
• Galician: independente (gl) m or f
• German: freistehend
• Hungarian: önálló (hu), szabadon/magában álló
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: frittstående

  Nynorsk: frittståande

• Polish: niezależny (pl), osobny (pl), samodzielny (pl), wolno stojący (pl)
• Portuguese: independente (pt)
• Spanish: independiente (es)
• Swedish: fristående (sv)