Task A sequence of instructions treated as a basic unit of work. Standalone A program, function, files or system that operates on its own and has no dependencies on other programs, functions, files or systems. Script A file containing operating system commands that are processed in a batch method, one at a time, until complete. Property A variable in the form name=value. There are four different kinds of markup: descriptive markup (tags), references, markup declarations, and processing instructions. Markup Syntactically delimited characters added to the data of a document to represent its structure. Executable A program that a computer can directly execute. Embedded An object, such as a graphic, which has been placed in a document from another file.

Build The process of compiling and integrating all components of a piece of software, incorporating all changes made since the last build. Binaries An application binary is the compiled form of a program, the actual machine code that is executed by a system in order to run the program.

Automated Acting or operating in a manner essentially independent of external influence or control.

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