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The arrangement of parts that decides whether a thing sings or screams.
means The specific way the components of a system are set up, arranged, or adjusted to work together.
from From Latin configurare, to shape after a pattern — com (together) plus figura (shape), literally things figured into a common form.
Astronomy firstOriginally described the relative positions of planets and stars.
The infamous fileMost software disasters trace back to one wrong setting.
Combinatorial nightmareA few toggles spawn millions of possible arrangements.