Wasm

Definitions

1. Short for WebAssembly — a portable, low-level binary instruction format designed as a compilation target for languages like C, C++, Rust, and Go, executing in a sandboxed virtual machine at near-native speed in browsers and increasingly in server-side and edge runtimes.

   In plain English: A technology that lets programs written in fast languages like C++ or Rust run inside web browsers at almost full speed.

   Example: "We compiled the image processing library to Wasm so it runs at near-native speed right in the browser."

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