# Precompiled Headers

Precompiled headers are used to speed up compilation of C/C\+\+ projects\.  

Andrey Karpov has described in detail how to use precompiled headers and related nuances in the article "[StdAfx\.h for Novices](https://pvs-studio.com/en/blog/posts/cpp/0265/)"\.

## References:

1. Andrey Karpov\. [StdAfx\.h for Novices](https://pvs-studio.com/en/blog/posts/cpp/0265/)\.
1. Wikipedia\. [Precompiled headers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precompiled_header)\.
1. Stack Overflow\. [Precompiled headers with GCC](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58841/precompiled-headers-with-gcc)\.
1. Stack Overflow\. [What's the use for "stdafx\.h" in Visual Studio?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4726155/what-is-stdafx-h-used-for-in-visual-studio)