Redist vs Resist - What's the difference?
redist | resist |
(computing, informal) A redistributable software component.
* 2006 , "Phil Wilson", Windows File Protection Problem'' (on newsgroup ''microsoft.public.platformsdk.msi )
To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.
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, volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= To withstand the actions of.
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, title= To oppose.
(obsolete) To be distasteful to.
* 1608 , , II. iii. 29:
As nouns the difference between redist and resist
is that redist is a redistributable software component while resist is a protective coating or covering.As a verb resist is
to attempt to counter the actions or effects of.redist
English
Noun
(en noun)- There are a handful of allowed ways to update system files (service packs, hotfixes, MS update, redists like MDAC) and people building install packages just need to figure out which redist or SP gets the files updated to the level they think they need.
resist
English
Verb
(en verb)Our banks are out of control, passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around.}}
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The preposterous altruism too!
- These cates resist me,