reference implementation

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reference implementation (plural reference implementations)

  1. (software engineering) A piece of software that implements a specification of requirements and whose main purpose is to help in the creation of other software implementations of the specification by serving as a point of reference rather than being put to directly productive use.
    Synonyms: model implementation, sample implementation

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