Ahead-of-Time Compilation - CI/CD Glossary Definition
AOT (Ahead-of-Time) compilation produces native machine code at build time rather than at run time, eliminating JIT warm-up for instant, predictable startup - valued for serverless cold starts and CLI tools.
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