Configuration
noun
The way parts of something are arranged or set up.
She checked the configuration of the chairs in the meeting room.
Often appears as...
- system configuration
- current configuration
noun
The set of computer hardware and software that is used at a particular time.
The configuration of the operating system needs to be updated.
Often appears as...
- hardware configuration
- software configuration
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Technical
noun
The fixed relationship between the positions of the atoms in a molecule.
The configuration of molecules in a diamond causes it to be extremely hard.
Often appears as...
- atomic configuration
- molecular configuration
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Academic
noun
The combined position of celestial bodies at a particular period.
The configuration of planets affects the tides on earth.
Often appears as...
- planetary configuration
- celestial configuration
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Academic
noun
The way parts of something are arranged or set up.
She checked the configuration of the chairs in the meeting room.
Often appears as...
- system configuration
- current configuration
noun
The set of computer hardware and software that is used at a particular time.
The configuration of the operating system needs to be updated.
Often appears as...
- hardware configuration
- software configuration
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The fixed relationship between the positions of the atoms in a molecule.
The configuration of molecules in a diamond causes it to be extremely hard.
Often appears as...
- atomic configuration
- molecular configuration
Usage tips
Academic
noun
The combined position of celestial bodies at a particular period.
The configuration of planets affects the tides on earth.
Often appears as...
- planetary configuration
- celestial configuration
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Arrangement
Refers to the positioning of objects or elements in a space.
The configuration of the tables allowed more people to fit into the room.
Pro Tip 2/2Functionality Intent
The setup can reflect purpose, indicating how something might function or be used.
The conference room configuration should facilitate discussion among participants.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Arrangement
Refers to the positioning of objects or elements in a space.
The configuration of the tables allowed more people to fit into the room.
Pro Tip 2/2Functionality Intent
The setup can reflect purpose, indicating how something might function or be used.
The conference room configuration should facilitate discussion among participants.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Arrangement
Refers to the positioning of objects or elements in a space.
The configuration of the tables allowed more people to fit into the room.
Pro Tip 2/2Functionality Intent
The setup can reflect purpose, indicating how something might function or be used.
The conference room configuration should facilitate discussion among participants.
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What is fat? - George...
they are two completely different substances, and they behave completely differently inside of us. The configuration on the left is called CIS, which you've probably never heard of. The one of the right is called TRANS, and you probably have heard of trans fats before. They don't go rancid, they're more stable during deep frying,
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How we'll earn money in...
at the ancient game of Go. Now, at least to me, there are two things that really stand out about the game of Go. One is that as you're playing the game, the number of configurations that the board can be in is essentially infinite. There are actually more possibilities than there are atoms in the universe. So what that means is,
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Where good ideas come...
firing in sync with each other inside your brain. It's a new configuration that has never formed before. And the question How do you get your brain into environments where these new networks are going to be more likely to form? And it turns out that, in fact, the network patterns of the outside world
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What is consciousness? -...
In reality, white light includes wavelengths that correspond to all the different colors we can see. Our perception of white light is wrong and oversimplified, but good enough for us to function. Likewise, the brain’s model of the physical body keeps track of the configuration of our limbs,
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How long will human...
a hothouse time during which the continents drifted into their present configuration. Changes in climate or fossils found in the rock record help distinguish these epochs and help geologists tell deep time. So what will be the record of modern people's impact on the planet?
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Solar System 101 PIPE...
a vast, spherical collection of icy debris. It is considered the edge of the solar system since that is where the gravitational and physical influences of the sun end. Our solar system's particular configuration of planets and other celestial objects,
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Why our universe might...
that the measured value of the Higgs boson mass is very special. It has just the right value to keep the universe hanging in an unstable situation. The Higgs field is in a wobbly configuration
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Elon Musk: The future...
This configuration is about four times the thrust of the Saturn V moon rocket. Four times the thrust of the biggest rocket humanity ever created before. Yeah. Yeah. As one does. Yeah.
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How your brain decides...
Galton's surprising finding raises deep What is beauty? Why do certain configurations of line and color and form excite us so? For most of human history,
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Mind-blowing illusions PIPE...
different universes or many different regions of a single he eats with zone in recent configuration and perhaps with his own set of signs of the law
Video examples
What is fat? - George...
they are two completely different substances, and they behave completely differently inside of us. The configuration on the left is called CIS, which you've probably never heard of. The one of the right is called TRANS, and you probably have heard of trans fats before. They don't go rancid, they're more stable during deep frying,
Video examples
How we'll earn money in...
at the ancient game of Go. Now, at least to me, there are two things that really stand out about the game of Go. One is that as you're playing the game, the number of configurations that the board can be in is essentially infinite. There are actually more possibilities than there are atoms in the universe. So what that means is,
Video examples
Where good ideas come...
firing in sync with each other inside your brain. It's a new configuration that has never formed before. And the question How do you get your brain into environments where these new networks are going to be more likely to form? And it turns out that, in fact, the network patterns of the outside world
Video examples
What is consciousness? -...
In reality, white light includes wavelengths that correspond to all the different colors we can see. Our perception of white light is wrong and oversimplified, but good enough for us to function. Likewise, the brain’s model of the physical body keeps track of the configuration of our limbs,
Video examples
How long will human...
a hothouse time during which the continents drifted into their present configuration. Changes in climate or fossils found in the rock record help distinguish these epochs and help geologists tell deep time. So what will be the record of modern people's impact on the planet?
Video examples
Solar System 101 PIPE...
a vast, spherical collection of icy debris. It is considered the edge of the solar system since that is where the gravitational and physical influences of the sun end. Our solar system's particular configuration of planets and other celestial objects,
Video examples
Why our universe might...
that the measured value of the Higgs boson mass is very special. It has just the right value to keep the universe hanging in an unstable situation. The Higgs field is in a wobbly configuration
Video examples
Elon Musk: The future...
This configuration is about four times the thrust of the Saturn V moon rocket. Four times the thrust of the biggest rocket humanity ever created before. Yeah. Yeah. As one does. Yeah.
Video examples
How your brain decides...
Galton's surprising finding raises deep What is beauty? Why do certain configurations of line and color and form excite us so? For most of human history,
Video examples
Mind-blowing illusions PIPE...
different universes or many different regions of a single he eats with zone in recent configuration and perhaps with his own set of signs of the law
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Michel Foucault
French Historian
The frontiers of a book are never clear-cut: beyond the title, the first lines, and the last full stop, beyond its internal configuration and its autonomous form, it is caught up in a system of references to other books, other texts, other sentences: it is a node within a network.
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Brian Greene
American Physicist
In any finite region of space, matter can only arrange itself in a finite number of configurations, just as a deck of cards can be arranged in only finitely many different orders. If you shuffle the deck infinitely many times, the card orderings must necessarily repeat.
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Kevin Mitnick
American Businessman
Security is always going to be a cat and mouse game because there'll be people out there that are hunting for the zero day award, you have people that don't have configuration management, don't have vulnerability management, don't have patch management.
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Sharon Salzberg
American Author
I had a very turbulent and painful childhood, like many people. I left for college when I was 16 years old and up until that point I'd lived in five different family configurations. Each one ended or changed through a death or some terrible loss.
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Rich Cohen
American Writer
The Toothbrush mustache is the most powerful configuration of facial hair the world has ever known. It overpowers whoever touches it. By merely doodling a Toothbrush mustache on a poster, you make a political statement.
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James Comey
American Public Servant
With respect to potential computer intrusion by hostile actors, we did not find direct evidence that Secretary Clinton's personal e-mail domain, in its various configurations since 2009, was successfully hacked.
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Marine Le Pen
French Politician
We have seen a major decomposition of French political life, of the old political mainstream parties, and what we see now is a real new configuration which is emerging between the patriots and the new liberals.
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George Steiner
American Critic
The journalistic vision sharpens to the point of maximum impact every event, every individual and social configuration; but the honing is uniform.
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Seth Lloyd
American Educator
Similarly, another famous little quantum fluctuation that programs you is the exact configuration of your DNA.
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Kevin Reilly
Success is often built on the shoulders of failure - from which new configurations emerge.
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Michel Foucault
French Historian
The frontiers of a book are never clear-cut: beyond the title, the first lines, and the last full stop, beyond its internal configuration and its autonomous form, it is caught up in a system of references to other books, other texts, other sentences: it is a node within a network.
Quote examples
Brian Greene
American Physicist
In any finite region of space, matter can only arrange itself in a finite number of configurations, just as a deck of cards can be arranged in only finitely many different orders. If you shuffle the deck infinitely many times, the card orderings must necessarily repeat.
Quote examples
Kevin Mitnick
American Businessman
Security is always going to be a cat and mouse game because there'll be people out there that are hunting for the zero day award, you have people that don't have configuration management, don't have vulnerability management, don't have patch management.
Quote examples
Sharon Salzberg
American Author
I had a very turbulent and painful childhood, like many people. I left for college when I was 16 years old and up until that point I'd lived in five different family configurations. Each one ended or changed through a death or some terrible loss.
Quote examples
Rich Cohen
American Writer
The Toothbrush mustache is the most powerful configuration of facial hair the world has ever known. It overpowers whoever touches it. By merely doodling a Toothbrush mustache on a poster, you make a political statement.
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James Comey
American Public Servant
With respect to potential computer intrusion by hostile actors, we did not find direct evidence that Secretary Clinton's personal e-mail domain, in its various configurations since 2009, was successfully hacked.
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Marine Le Pen
French Politician
We have seen a major decomposition of French political life, of the old political mainstream parties, and what we see now is a real new configuration which is emerging between the patriots and the new liberals.
Quote examples
George Steiner
American Critic
The journalistic vision sharpens to the point of maximum impact every event, every individual and social configuration; but the honing is uniform.
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Seth Lloyd
American Educator
Similarly, another famous little quantum fluctuation that programs you is the exact configuration of your DNA.
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Kevin Reilly
Success is often built on the shoulders of failure - from which new configurations emerge.
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