installer
<operating system> A utility program to ease the installation of another,
probably larger, application. It is also possible for hardware to have an
installer accompany it, to install any low level device drivers required.
The installer commonly asks the user to enter desired configuration options for
the main program or hardware, and sets up various initialisation files
accordingly, as well as copying the main program to a hard disc.
Some badly designed operating systems require applications to provide an
uninstaller because of the number of different files modified or created during
the installation process.
(1998-02-09)
Nearby terms:
inspection « installable file system « installed
user base «
installer » instance » instance variable »
instantiate
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