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Software compilation technique for C/C++
Single compilation unit (SCU) is a computer programming technique for the C and C++ languages, which reduces compilation time for programs spanning multiple files. Specifically, it allows the compiler to keep data from shared header files, definitions and templates, so that it need not recreate them for each file. It is an instance of program optimization, and can be seen as a form of implementing modular programming. The technique can be applied to an entire program or to some subset of source files; when applied to an entire program, it is also known as a unity build. Wikipedia →
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American FilmAmerican Film Institute · 1975
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The Librarian's Copyright CompanionJames S. Heller, Paul Hellyer · 2004
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