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MinGW, short for "Minimalist GNU for Windows," is a set of freely available open source development tools for native Windows applications. It includes a complete set of compilers and libraries for developing 32-bit and 64-bit Windows applications using the C, C++, and Fortran languages. It also includes a POSIX threads library and a full-featured Win32 API library for creating Windows GUI applications. MinGW is a port of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) and other GNU tools, such as the GNU Debugger, to the Windows platform. The tools are packaged as individual components, so that users can pick and choose what they want to install. MinGW is designed to be source-compatible with the GCC tools found on most Unix and Linux systems, allowing developers to easily port code to Windows systems.

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