devicetree

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A data structure placed in memory by a computer system (such as firmware) that contains information about the available hardware on the system, allowing operating systems to automatically discover it.

Word forms

devicetree devicetrees device tree

Etymology

From device + tree, referring to a tree data structure that encodes the properties of the given device.

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