Ffi Glossary
Browse 5 ffi terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.
5 Ffi Terms
- C Interop
- The ability of a programming language to call C functions and use C data types directly — often via a Foreign Function Interface (FFI) — enabling reuse of the...
- Native Bridge
- The interop layer in cross-platform frameworks like React Native that serializes calls between the JavaScript runtime and the native platform APIs...
- Platform Invoke
- A .NET feature (P/Invoke) that allows managed C# or VB.NET code to call unmanaged C/C++ functions exported from native DLLs by declaring the external function...
- Rust Unsafe
- A Rust keyword that unlocks five additional capabilities the compiler cannot verify: dereferencing raw pointers, calling unsafe functions (including FFI),...
- Userdata
- A Lua type that represents arbitrary C data stored as a raw memory block. Used to expose C structs and objects to Lua scripts when embedding Lua in a host...
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