configuration

名词 configuration:

1. an arrangement of parts or elements
   同义词：constellation
2. any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
   同义词：shape, form, contour, conformation

1. The configuration of internal and external packet filter and a single home bastion host provide very good security.
   内部和外部包过滤器和一台单向定位的bastion主机的配置提供很好的安全性。
2. A procedure causing a system, process, or operation to take on its most desirable configuration or procedures in the best or most efficient way; for example, when arranging instructions and data in storage so that a minimum of machine time or space is used for storing or accessing them.
   使一个系统、一个过程或一个操作能取其最希望的结构的方法，或以最好、最有效的方式进行所采取的一些措施。例如，在存储器中合理安排指令和数据的存放位置以便存入和访问时花费的机器时间或空间最小。
3. For some remote systems, the translation of configuration information into machine language.
   对于某些远程系统，将配置信息翻译成机器语言的过程。
4. Something resembling this structure in configuration or pattern.
   蜂窝状物在外形或结构上类似这种构造的东西

con.fig.u.ra.tion

n.（名词）

Arrangement of parts or elements.
布局：部件或元素的配置
The form, as of a figure, determined by the arrangement of its parts or elements.See Synonyms at form
轮廓：由其各部分或元素配置决定的外形，如图案参见 form
Psychology Gestalt.
【心理学】 完形
Chemistry The structural arrangement of atoms in a compound or molecule.
【化学】 构造：在化合物或分子内原子的排列结构

【引伸】
config.ura.tionally
adv.（副词）
config.ura.tive 或
config.ura.tional
adj.（形容词）