Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Some useful terminology

Term Definition
Patch Publicly released update to a known bug/issue
Hotfix An update, not always publicly released, used to fix a very specific issue
Maintenance Release An incremental update between software versions to fix multiple outstanding issues
Service Pack A large update that fixes many outstanding issues, normally includes all Patches, Hotfixes, Maintenance releases that precede the service pack

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