tool kits

Mechanic's essential collection

Tool kits are collections of tools assembled for a particular purpose—a mechanic's tool kit, a first-aid kit, a software developer's tool kit.

The term extends to any set of resources gathered to accomplish tasks: The workshop gave participants a tool kit for managing stress.

In computing, a toolkit is a package of programming utilities or interface components.

Opposites
equipment vs. bare capability

tool kitsbare hands

Ungloved, unequipped extremities

empty hands · nothing · unequipped · brute force · unarmed

preparedness vs. unpreparedness

tool kitsunpreparedness

Lacking readiness beforehand

empty-handedness · improvisation · making do · jury-rigging · resourcelessness

collection vs. absence

tool kitsnothing

Not any thing

emptiness

Family

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Familiarity
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G