A menu of user options for configuring software and hardware. Such menus are also called "options," "preferences" and "control panels." Sometimes, there is a tools option inside an options menu, or an options selection inside a tools menu. In either case, tools, options, preferences and control panels let users customize their computers. See tool, preferences and control panel.
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