1) A relative arrangement of parts or elements. The term can be applied in either the sense of a design or in the sense of an operational situation1.
2) An internally-consistent set of data collectively describing specific known (or desired) aspects of a project, usually a CI or group of related CI’s. The project is usually developmental, but could be production only. In this usage, the word is most often found with a modifier indicating the aspects and/or context, e.g., “As-Built Configuration”, “Design Configuration”, or “Baseline Configuration”.
Footnotes- For example, when referring to a specific set of joint angles in a robotic arm.[↩]