1. The arrangement of parts or elements or the way the parts of something are arranged and fit together: The configurations of the Christmas decorations in the display window of the store are very attractive and artistically created.
2. The form, as of a figure, determined by the arrangement of its elements: The seating pattern, or configuration, in an airplane may have a two-seat or a four-seat combination with two aisles leading lengthwise.
3. In psychology, gestalt or a set of things; such as, a person's thoughts and experiences considered as a whole and regarded as amounting to more than the sum of its parts: After her divorce, Sandra built up a new configuration of friends, interests and activities in her life.
4. In computer science, the way in which a computer system is set up: The configuration of Tom's computer was changed by resetting the parameters.

The set of constituent components; such as, memory, a hard disk, a monitor, and an operating system, all make up a computer's system of configurations.

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