reference implementation

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English

Etymology

reference + implementation

Noun

reference implementation (plural reference implementations)

  1. (computing) 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.

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