Definitions

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  • noun A collection of tools; a toolkit
  • noun computing A set of utility programs, subroutines or similar software

Etymologies

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tool +‎ set

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Examples

  • It's going to be a major step forward; not only for the PS3 but for gaming, because gamers never had the chance to create levels with this kind of toolset before.

    Top Stories - Google News 2008

  • "Critically, it also includes a full editing, colour correction, effects, compositing and titling toolset - in fact, every finishing tool you need in a single system.

    UK Regional Film and Television News 2010

  • To tackle the problem of making output from the CCSM more accessible to the broader CCSM community, the decision was taken to standardize on netCDF for the data, and to develop and support a standard data analysis toolset, based on the NCAR Command Language.

    2009 December | Serendipity 2009

  • The underlying infrastructure for the proposed GSFC social networking site is the Vignette collaborative toolset.

    NASA + GSFC + Facebook = Spacebook - NASA Watch 2009

  • This approach is not directly valuable to students, but is revelatory in terms of understanding the legal system: sustained exposure to legal theory helps them map theory back onto other things they will be doing, and gives them a more flexible toolset.

    Archive 2009-02-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009

  • The complete toolset needed to do this does not exist today, so just calling for making the code open source is pointless.

    Software Quality in Climate Research | Serendipity 2009

  • ARM supplies the underlying IP and provides to the toolset to enable everyone else to compete with Intel and integrate multiple functionality on a single chip.

    Will The iPad Kill The Laptop? Darcy Travlos 2010

  • The complete toolset needed to do this does not exist today, so just calling for making the code open source is pointless.

    2009 December | Serendipity 2009

  • But this time there's more you can do yourself including playing with artificial intelligence, making intro scenes, music and miniature arcade games, much of which would have been impossible with the trickier and narrower toolset of the original.

    This week's new games 2011

  • To tackle the problem of making output from the CCSM more accessible to the broader CCSM community, the decision was taken to standardize on netCDF for the data, and to develop and support a standard data analysis toolset, based on the NCAR Command Language.

    2009 December 15 | Serendipity 2009

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