devicetree
nounEtymology From device + tree, referring to a tree data structure that encodes the properties of the given device.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences 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.
- Derived terms
- DT, DTB, devicetree blob, FDT, flattened devicetree