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Definition of IDE

By David Bolton, About.com

Definition: An Integrated Development Environment (IDE) brings all of the programmers tools into one convenient place. There was a time when programmers had to edit files, save the files out, run the compiler, then the linker, build the application then run it through a debugger.

Today's IDEs bring editor, compiler, linker and debugger into one place along with project management tools to increase programmer productivity.

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