The term configuration has several meanings.
In computing it may refer to:
- Computer configuration or system configuration
- Configure (computing) is the output of Autotools and used to detect system configuration. This is referred to as "./configure" in Unix
- Configuration file is a software file used to configure the initial settings for a computer program
Other usages include:
- Electron configuration
- Configuration (geometry)
- Configuration space
- Molecular configuration
- Configuration management is a management discipline
- Configuration (locomotive parts)
- In Historical Behaviour Studies, configuration is a pattern of historical behaviour