freestanding

• free-standing

From free + standing.

freestanding (not comparable)

1. Standing or set apart.

   Synonyms: self-standing, stand-alone

   Near-synonyms: isolated, insulated, detached, individuated, separated

   The Leaning Tower of Pisa is a freestanding bell tower.

2. Not attached to anything.
3. Not supported by or on anything; independent.

   a freestanding hospital not associated with any university medical school

4. (programming) Of a computer program: that runs directly on a computer's hardware, without being managed by an operating system.

   Synonym: stand-alone

   • 1989, Rex Jaeschke, Mastering Standard C: A Self-Paced Training Workbook for Modern C Language, Horsham, P.A.: Professional Press, →ISBN, page 349:

     Freestanding C programs do not need to have a main function.

• (antonym(s) of “all senses”): nonfreestanding