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Core Foundation

Core Foundation (also called CF) is a C application programming interface (API) written by Apple Inc. for its operating systems, and is a mix of low-level routines and wrapper functions. Most Core Foundation routines follow a certain naming convention that deal with opaque objects, for example CFDictionaryRef for functions whose names begin with…

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Developer
Apple Inc.
License
APSL 2.0
Operating system
iOS · iPadOS · macOS · tvOS · watchOS
Repository
github.com/apple/swift-corelibs-foundation
Type
System library
Written in
Swift, Objective-C, C

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Core Foundation

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Core Foundation

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Operating system · 5
Core Foundation → iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS
related to External links · 5
Core Foundation → Apple DeveloperOpenCFLite, CFNetwork, LibreSSL, SourceForgeCFLite, TLS
Developer · 1
Core Foundation → Apple Inc.
License · 1
Core Foundation → APSL 2.0
Repository · 1
Core Foundation → github.com/apple/swift-corelibs-foundation
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Core Foundation → System library
Website · 1
Core Foundation → developer.apple.com
Written in · 1
Core Foundation → Swift, Objective-C, C

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Core FoundationRepositorygithub.com/apple/swift-corelibs-foundation1.00infobox
Core FoundationTypeSystem library1.00infobox
Core FoundationWebsitedeveloper.apple.com1.00infobox
Core FoundationWritten inSwift, Objective-C, C1.00infobox
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