(1) The manner in which the hardware and software of a system, subsystem, or network are organized and interconnected.
(2) See topology.
(3) The machines, devices, and programs that make up a system, subsystem, or network.
(4) The process of describing to a system the devices, optional features, and program products that have been installed so that these features can be used. See also customization.
(5) In a broker domain, the brokers, execution groups, deployed message sets, and deployed message flows, and the defined topics and access control lists.
(6) The requirements, design, and implementation that define a particular version of a system or system component. See also configuration management.
(7) A type of decision, for both solicited and unsolicited interactions, that controls the properties of a managed resource.
(8) The operating system parameters of a system profile.