deployment

plural deployments

1. countableuncountableAn arrangement or classification of things.
2. countableuncountableAn implementation, or putting into use, of something.
3. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountablecomputingEllipsis of software deployment, the installation of software, in particular on servers.

   The exception to this methodology is emergency updates, which have too short a deployment window to make staged deployment practical. When an update package is scheduled to be deployed in stages, the target groups must be identified as part of the deployment preparation.

   2007, Bill Stackpole, Patrick Hanrion, Software Deployment, Updating, and Patching, Auerbach Publications, →ISBN, page 302

4. countableuncountablegovernmentThe distribution of military forces, especially prior to battle.

   Deployments […] which cause the soldier to turn his back to the enemy are not suited to war.

   1861, H. L. Scott, Military Dictionary: Comprising Technical Definitions

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   The German chancellor has visited Lithuania to mark Berlin’s first permanent foreign troop deployment since the second world war, as he called on allies to dramatically expand their efforts to bolster European defences against a hostile Russia.

   2025 May 22, Deborah Cole, “German troops start first permanent foreign deployment since second world war”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

   The Pentagon’s chief spokesperson, Sean Parnell, confirmed to the Guardian on Monday that the entire deployment of 700 active-duty US marines was being withdrawn from Los Angeles more than a month after Donald Trump sent them to the city against objections of local leaders.

   2025 July 21, “Deployment of all 700 active-duty marines to Los Angeles withdrawn”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

5. countableuncountablehobbiesThe start of something.