Environment
A global context in which to access data.
A set of roles that are required to run a specific application and the machines to be used for each role.
One of two deployment destinations within a Microsoft Azure cloud service: staging or production.
1. the display and human interface provided by software. On a computer, an environment defines what you can do with the computer. For instance, the operating system, a word processor, and a spreadsheet provide (at least) three different environments that respond to different commands. For example, if you type a word processing command while you are in the operating system environment, or vice versa, the command will not be understood.
2. (in Windows and UNIX) a data area in which you can store information for use by programs. To put information there, use the set command; for example, under Windows,
set prompt=$p$g
tells the computer to display the current disk and directory (e.g., C:\MYDIR>) when it is ready for a command. To see the contents of the environment area, type set by itself
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