Version vs Configuration - What's the difference?
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A specific form or variation of something.
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A translation from one language to another.
(obsolete) The act of translating, or rendering, from one language into another language.
An account or description from a particular point of view, especially as contrasted with another account.
(computing) A particular revision (of software, firmware, CPU, etc.).
(medicine) A condition of the uterus in which its axis is deflected from its normal position without being bent upon itself. See anteversion and retroversion.
(ophthalmology) An eye movement involving both eyes moving synchronously and symmetrically in the same direction.
(obsolete, or, medicine) A change of form, direction, etc.; transformation; conversion.
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Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing's shape; figure; form factor.
Relative position or aspect of the planets; the face of the horoscope, according to the relative positions of the planets at any time.
The way things are arranged or put together in order to achieve a result.
(physics, chemistry) The arrangement of electrons in an atom, molecule, or other physical structure like a crystal.
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.
As nouns the difference between version and configuration
is that version is a specific form or variation of something while configuration is form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing's shape; figure; form factor.As a verb version
is to keep track of (a file, document, etc.) in a versioning system.version
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Noun
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- The version of air into water.