Configuration

• Computer configuration
  Computer configuration
  In communications or computer systems, a configuration is an arrangement of functional units according to their nature, number, and chief characteristics. Often, configuration pertains to the choice of hardware, software, firmware, and documentation...
  
  
• Electron configuration
  Electron configuration
  In atomic physics and quantum chemistry, electron configuration is the arrangement of electrons of an atom, a molecule, or other physical structure...
  
  
• Configuration (geometry)
  Configuration (geometry)
  In mathematics, specifically projective geometry, a configuration consists of a finite set of points, and a finite set of lines, such that each point is incident to the same number of lines and each line is incident to the same number of points....
  
  
• Configuration (mathematics)
  Configuration (mathematics)
  In mathematics, especially geometry, a configuration is an arrangement of points in a certain way....
  
  
• Molecular configuration
  Molecular configuration
  The configuration of a molecule is the permanent geometry that results from the spatial arrangement of its bonds. The ability of the same set of atoms to form two or more molecules with different configurations is stereoisomerism. Configuration is distinct from chemical conformation, a shape...
  
  
• Configuration management
  Configuration management
  Configuration management is a field of management that focuses on establishing and maintaining consistency of a system's or product's performance and its functional and physical attributes with its requirements, design, and operational information throughout its life...
  
   is a management discipline
• In software, configure is the output of Autotools and used to detect system configuration. This is referred to as "./configure" in Unix
  Unix
  Unix is a computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs, including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Brian Kernighan, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna...
  
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• in software, a configuration file
  Configuration file
  In computing, configuration files, or config files configure the initial settings for some computer programs. They are used for user applications, server processes and operating system settings. The files are often written in ASCII and line-oriented, with lines terminated by a newline or carriage...
  
   is used to configure the initial settings for a computer program.
• in software, more generally, a system comprised of a specified set of components or elements of specified versions (or version ranges).
• Configuration (locomotive parts)
  Whyte notation
  The Whyte notation for classifying steam locomotives by wheel arrangement was devised by Frederick Methvan Whyte and came into use in the early twentieth century encouraged by an editorial in American Engineer and Railroad Journal...
  
  

See also

• CONFIG.SYS
  CONFIG.SYS
  CONFIG.SYS is the primary configuration file for the DOS and OS/2 operating systems. It is a special file that contains setup or configuration instructions for the computer system.- Usage :...
  
  , the primary configuration file for MS-DOS and OS/2 operating system