release (redirected from releaser)

release

Same as version.

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release

1. Law the surrender of a claim, right, title, etc., in favour of someone else

2. a control mechanism for starting or stopping an engine

3. 

a. the opening of the exhaust valve of a steam engine near the end of the piston stroke

b. the moment at which this valve opens

4. the electronic control regulating how long a note sounds after a synthesizer key has been released

5. the control mechanism for the shutter in a camera

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release [ri′lēs]

(mechanical engineering)

A mechanical arrangment of parts for holding or freeing a device or mechanism as required.

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(programming)

release - (Or "released version", "baseline") A version of a piece of software which has been made public (as opposed to a version that is in development, or otherwise unreleased). A release is either a major release, a revision, or a bugfix. Pre-release versions may be called alpha test, or beta test versions. See change management.