configuration
noun /kənˌfɪɡəˈreɪʃn/
/kənˌfɪɡjəˈreɪʃn/
- (formal or specialist) an arrangement of the parts of something or a group of things; the form or shape that this arrangement produces
- configuration of something The design is based on four configurations of squares.
- There was a changing configuration of lights coming from the stadium.
- in a configuration The stars seemed to appear in a different configuration.
- (computing) the equipment and programs that form a computer system and the way that these are set up to run
- Performance will vary depending on your hardware and software configurations.
Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting the relative position of celestial objects): from late Latin configuratio(n-), from Latin configurare ‘shape after a pattern’, from con- ‘together’ + figurare ‘to shape’.