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In the computing industry, the term configuration refers to the hardware and software specifications of a computing system and its attached devices. The term configuration may also refer to the actual settings of a computer application. These settings can either be preset by programmers, or manually configured by the applicationʻs user.
Small and midsize businesses often practice configuration management to establish and maintain the consistency of a productʻs performance, functionalities, and physical attributes. Configuration management is a subset of IT service management that ensures that the configuration of computer systems, resources, servers, and assets are reliable. This practice is quite important for small businesses, as system issues and failures can result in a delay in business operations and are often quite costly to fix if not well maintained.