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Dictionary definition: configuration management
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- A Dictionary of Computing
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configuration management (
CM
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Ensuring throughout its lifetime that a product put to some usage is properly constituted for that usage – for example that the correct procedures have been followed in creating the product, that the appropriate version of each individual component has been selected, that any required tests have been performed, that the product represents a complete and consistent whole, and that all known problems in any way pertinent to the product have been properly considered. As an illustration, a relatively simple configuration management activity might ensure that the individual components of a software system are the appropriate ones for the particular hardware ...