point release

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Noun

point release (plural point releases)

  1. (software) A software release that is only slightly different from a previous version and thus having the same major version number, only differing in minor version number (after the decimal point).
    Between 2.0 and 3.0, there were four point releases, called 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, and 2.4.
    The company will fix the crashing issue in an upcoming point release.
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    • 2014 April 11, Ewan Spence, “Apple Loop: iOS 7 Adoption, The $350 iWatch, US Market Share, MacBook Air Predictions, And Jony Ive”, in Forbes‎:
    • 2015 August 26, Jon Brodkin, “VMware brings Windows 10 and graphics boost to Fusion and Workstation”, in Ars Technica‎:

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