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distributions

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for distributions.

Editorial note

But even now as the last distributions are preparing to remove Libav, still theres no hint of that happening.

Examples13
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

An act of distributing or state of being distributed.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of distributions gathered in one view.

noun

An act of distributing or state of being distributed.

noun

Anything distributed; portion; share.

noun

The total number of something sold or delivered to the clients.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for distributions.

noun

An act of distributing or state of being distributed.

noun

Anything distributed; portion; share.

noun

The total number of something sold or delivered to the clients.

noun

An apportionment by law (of funds, property).

Example sentences

1

But even now as the last distributions are preparing to remove Libav, still theres no hint of that happening.

2

Why on earth would NPR compare Linux distributions (which the general public has basically never heard of) to smartphones?

3

This seems to resolve itself when there's a clearly superior project and developers and distributions switch to the newer project.

4

Telemetry is the same diagnostics that OS X and even Linux Mint and other distributions do.

5

Because Linux distributions like Ubuntu never ever encourage you to upgrade your system to the newest and shiniest version, right?

6

For distributions like Ubuntu LTS or RedHat/CentOS, security fixes are backported to older versions of applications like Apache or PHP.

7

But it's pretty close: OS X includes a Python distribution as do most Linux distributions.

8

The Free Software Foundation maintains a list of distributions that contain only free software[2], and these distributions aren't going to collect your data and send it to third parties without your consent either.

9

The mainstream distributions are planning to make Py3 the default Python in their upcoming releases.

10

All the arts have brutal power law income distributions, with a handful of winners making $$$$$ while most people don't break even.

11

I now have another reason to stay far away from redhat based distributions for anything, yes even centos.

12

That is, Linux distributions that bundle Firefox should be required to include a browser-chooser as well, so those Linux users can also make a choice.

Proper noun examples

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Distributions like Debian and Fedora, for example, have a strong commitment to free software (see Debian's Social Contract[0] and Fedora's licensing guidelines[1]) and are not going to spy on you or put ads on your system.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use distributions in a sentence?

But even now as the last distributions are preparing to remove Libav, still theres no hint of that happening.

What does distributions mean?

An act of distributing or state of being distributed.

What part of speech is distributions?

distributions is commonly used as noun.