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Dictionary: con·fig·ure   (kən-fĭg'yər) pronunciation
tr.v., -ured, -ur·ing, -ures.
To design, arrange, set up, or shape with a view to specific applications or uses: a military vehicle that was configured for rough terrain; configured the computer by setting the system's parameters.

[Middle English configuren, from Old French configurer, from Latin cōnfigūrāre : com-, com- + figūrāre, to form (from figūra, shape).]


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Computer Desktop Encyclopedia: configuration
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The makeup of a system. To "configure" is to choose options in order to create a custom system. "Configurability" is a system's ability to be changed or customized.

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Set up a computer system or application to be used in a particular way.

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verb

    To create by combining parts or elements: build, compose, form, pattern, shape, structure. See make/unmake.

 
 
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