kit
<jargon> (Usenet, possibly from DEC) Slang for a full software
distribution, as opposed to a patch or upgrade. A source software distribution
that has been packaged in such a way that it can (theoretically) be unpacked and
installed according to a series of steps using only standard Unix tools, and
entirely documented by some reasonable chain of references from the top-level
README file. The more general term distribution may imply that special tools or
more stringent conditions on the host environment are required.
[Jargon File]
(1994-11-18)
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