configuration
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English
Etymology
From Middle French configuration, from Latin cōnfigūrātiō. Morphologically configure + -ation
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /kənˌfɪɡ.əˈɹeɪ̯.ʃən/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /kənˌfɪɡ.jəˈɹeɪ̯.ʃən/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /kənˌfɪɡ.əˈɹæɪ̯.ʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
configuration (countable and uncountable, plural configurations)
- The form of a thing, as depending on the relative placement of the parts of a thing's shape.
- Synonyms: constitution, figure, form factor; see also Thesaurus:composition
- The relative positions of a set of things; the way things are arranged or put together;
- (countable, physics, chemistry) The arrangement of electrons in an atom, molecule, or other physical structure like a crystal.
- (countable, algebra) A finite set of points and lines (and sometimes planes), generally with equal numbers of points per line and equal numbers of lines per point.
- (countable, computing) The way a computing environment (physical or software) is set up or customized to the needs of its users.
- (uncountable, computing) The process of customizing a computing environment in this way.
Coordinate terms
- (chemistry): conformation
Derived terms
- autoconfiguration
- configurational
- configurationism
- configuration section
- Cremona-Richmond configuration
- deconfiguration
- Desargues configuration
- electron configuration
- microconfiguration
- misconfiguration
- multiconfiguration
- nanoconfiguration
- preconfiguration
- reconfiguration
- software configuration management
- source configuration management
- subconfiguration
Related terms
Translations
form of a thing, as depending on the relative placement of the parts of its shape
relative positions of a set of things
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physics, chemistry: arrangement of electrons
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algebra: finite set of points and lines
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computing: the way a computing environment is set up
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computing: process of customizing a computing environment
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French
Pronunciation
Noun
configuration f (plural configurations)
Related terms
Further reading
- “configuration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.