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A '''Software Development Kit''' (short '''SDK''') is a set of tools and software redistributed by vendor to be used by developers to access the hardware. This is usually in the form of a precompiled library and header files (for MSVC).
Software Development Kit. Often distributed by chipset vendors who are not willing to disclose their documentation. Another word for trouble.


SDKs are often distributed by chipset vendors who are not willing to disclose their documentation about the actual hardware (and required firmware) - Another word for trouble.


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== Links ==
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SDK
* [[wikipedia:SDK|wikipedia: SDK]]

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Latest revision as of 14:00, 3 April 2005

A Software Development Kit (short SDK) is a set of tools and software redistributed by vendor to be used by developers to access the hardware. This is usually in the form of a precompiled library and header files (for MSVC).

SDKs are often distributed by chipset vendors who are not willing to disclose their documentation about the actual hardware (and required firmware) - Another word for trouble.


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