Opencl (open computing language) is a multivendor open standard for general-purpose parallel programming of heterogeneous systems that include cpus, gpus and other processors.

this package provides the development files: headers and libraries.

it also ensures that the ocl-icd icd loader is installed so its additionnal features (compared to the opencl norm) can be used: .pc file, avaibility to select an icd without root privilege, etc.