development tooln.
/dᵻˈvɛləpm(ə)nt tuːl/, U.S. /dəˈvɛləpm(ə)nt ˌtul/, /diˈvɛləpm(ə)nt ˌtul/ 1. A device, procedure, etc., used in the development or improvement of something.
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1884 Alliance Reformed Churches: Minutes & Proc. 3rd Gen. Council 362 It is asserted, that ‘the germs’ of a liturgy are in the New Testament—in the Lord's Prayer, the Baptismal Direction, the Lord's Supper Narrative! That is a suicidal development tool to work with.
1939 Trans. Amer. Foundrymen's Assoc. 47 797 He also presented some notes on the use of radiography as a development tool in foundry technique.
1953 Financial Times 30 June 10/5 In recent years the stroboscope has proved to be a useful development tool.
2013 E. Odungide & J. Knights in T. Wall & J. Knights Leadership Assessment for Talent Devel. iii. 37 All participants..were briefed on the concept of EI [= emotional intelligence] and informed that the exercise was clearly a development tool and not a performance appraisal tool.
2. Computing. An application or programme designed for use in the development or maintenance of software, applications, etc. Cf. programming tool at tool n. Additions (a).Development tools range from programs and applications designed to perform a specific task, such as compilers and interpreters, to software capable of performing a variety of functions.
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1976 Computerworld 27 Sept. 37/1 Dickhut, from Digital Equipment Corp., noted software development tools have become a key factor in the overall success of a user's project.]
1977 IEEE Trans. Software Engin. 3 35/2 Many development tools are already automated to some degree (compilers, assemblers, loaders, etc.).
1995 Network World 24 Apr. 57/1 This exercise in reengineering your business processes and architecting your applications first will..lead you down the path to the type of development tools you need.
2015 M. L. Chambers OS X Yosemite All-in-one for Dummies vii. 628 Xojo has been such a popular development tool on the Macintosh for so many years that dozens of user-supported websites and mailing lists have sprung up.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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