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Vinony

deploy

verb

  1. send military unit into operation
  2. make software ready to use
  3. place mechanical structure into operational position
  4. set into place
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /dɪˈplɔɪ/

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from French déployer (“to unroll, unfold”), from Old French desploiier, itself from des- + ploiier, or possibly from Late Latin displicāre (“to unfold, display”), from Latin dis- (“apart”) + plicare (“to fold”). Compare Middle English desployen, dysployen (“to unfold, display”). Doublet of display.

  1. Deployment.

    “Rolling back the bad deploy will usually solve the immediate production problem, but your team isn't done yet.”

  2. Deployment.

verb

Etymology: Borrowed from French déployer (“to unroll, unfold”), from Old French desploiier, itself from des- + ploiier, or possibly from Late Latin displicāre (“to unfold, display”), from Latin dis- (“apart”) + plicare (“to fold”). Compare Middle English desployen, dysployen (“to unfold, display”). Doublet of display.

  1. To prepare and arrange (originally military unit or units, i.e., to array troops) for use.

    “"Deploy two units of infantry along the enemy's flank," the general ordered.”

    “deploy some lifeguards on the beach”

  2. To unfold, open, or otherwise become ready for use.

    “He waited tensely for his parachute to deploy.”

    “deploy the airbag”

  3. To install, test and implement a computer system or application.

    “The process for the deployment scenario includes: building a master installation of the operating system, creating its image and deploying the image onto a destination computer.”