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Release

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

/rɪˈliːs/nounCore term

In software engineering, release means: A version of a product that is made available to users, or the act of making it available. Also a verb: to release a new version.

In Turkish: sürüm, yayın, sürüm yayını

How it is used

Teams plan, prepare, cut and ship releases. You hear 'release notes', 'release date', 'release branch' and 'the next release'. Mobile teams also talk about submitting a release to the app stores.

Example sentences

  1. This fix will go out in the next release.

  2. Can you add the API changes to the release notes?

  3. We released version 3.2 on Monday without any issues.

Common collocations

  • the next release
  • release notes
  • cut a release
  • release date
  • release branch
  • deployTo put a new version of software onto servers or devices so that it starts running there, for example in a test environment or for real users.
  • shipTo release a product or feature so that real users can use it. The word is borrowed from the idea of sending goods to customers.
  • hotfixAn urgent fix for a serious problem in production, released quickly outside the normal release schedule.
  • productionThe live environment where real users use the software, as opposed to development or test environments.
  • breaking changeA change to an API, library or file format that makes existing code that uses it stop working unless that code is updated too.

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