Dictionary

installer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree English install Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English installer From install + -er.

Meanings

1. One who installs.
   • In the event industry there are two critical times when safety is often compromised, at bump-in and at bump-out. At bump-in the organizer is usually pressed for time and it is not uncommon for installers to work around the clock. At the end of the show or exhibition, bump-out carries an even higher risk as everyone is exhausted. 2014, Lynn Van Der Wagen, Lauren White, Human Resource Management for the Event Industry, page 110:
2. A program that installs software in a computer and prepares it for use.
   • Because this version of the Windows Installer is aware of the GAC, it has the capability to publish components into it. […] You can manually or programmatically push an assembly into the GAC by using the command-line tool Gacutil.exe. 2002, Lars Powers, Mike Snell, Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to the .NET Framework Class Library, page 968:
   • Slackware does not include a graphical installer. Its package manager does not perform any dependency resolution. This can be jarring for new users, particularly within the last few years, but it also enables a deeper understanding of the system. 2018 July 16, Ben Cotton, “The oldest, active Linux distro, Slackware, turns 25”, in Opensource.com:

Forms

Deriveds

coinstaller · web installer · offline installer

Synonyms

setup · set-up

Translations (43)

pt instalador (program that installs software and prepares it for use) · ms pemasang (program that installs software and prepares it for use) · fi asennusohjelma (program that installs software and prepares it for use) · eo instalilo (program that installs software and prepares it for use) · de Installationsprogramm (program that installs software and prepares it for use) · id pemasang (program that installs software and prepares it for use) · fr installatrice (person who installs) · no installatør (person who installs) · cs instalátor (program that installs software and prepares it for use) · it installatore (person who installs) · it programma di installazione (program that installs software and prepares it for use) · gl instalador (program that installs software and prepares it for use) · pl instalatorka (person who installs) · fr installateur (program that installs software and prepares it for use) · de Installateur (person who installs) · sv installationsprogram (program that installs software and prepares it for use) · gl instaladora (person who installs) · fi asentaja (person who installs) · es instalador (person who installs) · fr installateur (person who installs) · de Installateurin (person who installs) · pl instalator (program that installs software and prepares it for use) · fr programme d’installation (program that installs software and prepares it for use) · de Installer (program that installs software and prepares it for use) · el εγκαταστάτης (person who installs) · es instalador (program that installs software and prepares it for use) · pt instaladora (person who installs) · sh instalacijski program (program that installs software and prepares it for use) · sl namestitveno orodje (program that installs software and prepares it for use) · ja インストーラー (program that installs software and prepares it for use) · ka ინსტალატორი (program that installs software and prepares it for use) · ja インストーラ (program that installs software and prepares it for use) · id alat pemasang (program that installs software and prepares it for use) · pt instalador (person who installs) · is uppsetningarforrit (program that installs software and prepares it for use) · ka მაინსტალირებელი (person who installs) · ka დამაინსტალირებელი (person who installs) · sh instalacijski alat (program that installs software and prepares it for use) · it installatrice (person who installs) · bg монтажник (person who installs) · gl instalador (person who installs) · es instaladora (person who installs) · pl instalator (person who installs)