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Software Engineering vocabulary · Release and Maintenance

Ship

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

/ʃɪp/verbCore term

In software engineering, ship means: To release a product or feature so that real users can use it. The word is borrowed from the idea of sending goods to customers.

In Turkish: yayına çıkarmak, kullanıcıya sunmak, teslim etmek

How it is used

Informal but very common in product teams and start-ups: 'We shipped it last week', 'ship fast', 'Ship it!' It puts the focus on getting work into users' hands, not just on finishing the code.

Example sentences

  1. We shipped dark mode on Tuesday, and the feedback has been great.

  2. It's not perfect, but it's good enough to ship.

Common collocations

  • ship a feature
  • ship to production
  • ship fast
  • ready to ship
  • ship it
  • releaseA 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.
  • 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.
  • featureA piece of functionality that users can see or use, such as a search bar, dark mode or the option to export a report.
  • productionThe live environment where real users use the software, as opposed to development or test environments.

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