CocoaPods

Definitions

1. A dependency manager for Swift and Objective-C Cocoa projects, managing library installation and linking via a central Podfile specification. Largely superseded by Swift Package Manager but still widely used in legacy iOS projects.

   In plain English: A tool that automatically downloads and sets up third-party code libraries for iPhone and Mac app projects.

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