a series of non-negative decimal numbers separated by period (
a string identifying a particular revision of the named language
a way to tell how new and advanced a piece of software is - the higher the number, the newer it is
The version level of a program, which is an indicator of the hardware and basic operating system upon which the program operates. The version, release, modification, and fix levels together comprise the program level or version of a program. See also fix number, modification number, release number, version and program level.
A combination of xxnn in which xx is the major number and nn is the minor number.
The version identifier of your documentation. The version check feature uses the version number to prevent the export of outdated topics in your documentation.
The numeric component of a file specification; a number assigned by the system to a file indication each revision.
Programs carry numbers below 1 before being shipped (e.g. Beta 0.71) and 1.0 and later after being released. Smaller upgrades might be numbered 1.1, 1.2 etc, whereas a major revision of a program would receive a 2.0, 3.0 etc.
The primary identifying number of ORACLE software. In V6.0.20, the version number is 6. See also maintenance release and revision level.
A number identifying the status of a message type. See Version/release.
A unique identifier used to identify software items and the related software documentation which are subject to configuration control.
A method of identifying a particular software or hardware release. The version number is assigned by the software developer, and often includes numbers before and after a decimal point; the higher ... more
n. A number assigned by a software developer to identify a particular program at a particular stage, before and after public release. Successive public releases of a program are assigned increasingly higher numbers. Version numbers usually include decimal fractions. Major changes are usually marked by a change in the whole number, whereas for minor changes only the number after the decimal point increases.