What is a “translation unit” in C++

Question

I am reading at the time the \"Effective C++\" written by Meyers and came across the term \"translation unit\".

Could somebody please give me an explanation of:

Answer 1

In my view, a "translation unit" is typically a single "post-preprocessing" source file. You can get more details on this MSDN page. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bxss3ska(v=vs.80).aspx