toolkit
See also: tool kit
English
Alternative forms
- tool kit
Etymology
tool + kit
Noun
toolkit (plural toolkits)
- A set of tools kept together, especially comprising all the tools suitable for some particular type of work.
- 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 119:
- The culture of Ice Age humanity expresses a steady growth in the complexity of the tool kit, and a steady growth in complexity of artistic development.
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- (by extension) A set of personal abilities, skills, or resources to draw on.
- (computing) A set of software tools or components.
- 1986, PC Mag (volume 5, number 17, page 221)
- Morgan Computing Co.'s Disk Toolkit is the perfect program for speed demons who want a more flexible way to wield DEBUG's power.
- 1986, PC Mag (volume 5, number 17, page 221)
- (India, politics) A set of guidelines or instructions.
- (India, politics, derogatory) Instructions to organise a protest.
Related terms
- devkit
- toolbox
- toolset
Translations
assembly of tools
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set of software components
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Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English toolkit.
Noun
toolkit m (plural toolkits)
- (computing) toolkit (set of basic components for developing software)