The makeup of a system. To "configure" is to choose options in order to create a custom system. "Configurability" is a system's ability to be changed or customized.
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- Dell XPS M1330-126B
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- Product reviews 2008-08-26
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- Another gold and counting for Dell's green tech effort
- Speaking of gold medals, Dell is trumpeting the fact today that its Studio Hybrid has just been granted Gold status within the EPEAT program, the first consumer desktop to snag this distinction. EPEAT stands for Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool, and the program provides a terrific ranking of where desktops,...
- Blog posts 2008-08-22
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- Blog posts 2008-08-22
- Pulse provides novel training and tools configuration resource to aid in developer education, preparedness
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- Blog posts 2008-08-21
- BigFix makes government's power management mandate more palatable
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- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- The layered approach ... my wish for a future OS
- The layered approach ... my wish for a future OSSounds a lot like BSD to me....BSD (and therefore Mac OS/X) has much the same structure as the one you describe. Indeed this structure has some inherent advantages.However, in practice BSD doesn't have a stability or reliability advantage over Linux. Linux...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-20
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- Discussion threads 2008-08-20
- Zivio Boom
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- Product reviews 2008-08-19
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- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- SAP wrap and transparency points
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- Blog posts 2008-08-15
- Qwined Multilingual Technical Editor (exe)
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- Software downloads 2008-08-15
- HP Pavilion dv7-1025nr
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- Product reviews 2008-08-14
- Dell Studio S1535-125B
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- Product reviews 2008-08-14
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- Blog posts 2008-08-14
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