devicetree

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Etymology

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

Noun

devicetree (plural devicetrees)

  1. (computing) 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.

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