Deploy

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɪˈplɔɪ/

Origin

From French déployer ("to unroll, unfold"), from Old French desploier , from Medieval Latin displicare ("to unfold, display"), from Latin dis- ("apart") + plicare ("to fold").

Full definition of deploy

Verb

1. (transitive) To prepare and arrange (usually military unit or units) for use."Deploy two units of infantry along the enemy's flank," the general ordered.
2. (transitive, intransitive) To unfold, open, or otherwise become ready for use.He waited tensely for his parachute to deploy.
• 2012, John Branch, Snow Fall : The Avalanche at Tunnel CreekAt first she thought she would be embarrassed that she had deployed her air bag, that the other expert skiers she was with, more than a dozen of them, would have a good laugh at her panicked overreaction.
3. (computing) to install, test and implement a computer system or application.The process for the deployment scenario includes: building a master installation of the operating system, creating its image and deploying the image onto a destination computer.Usage Note: by mid-2014, the use of this term in computing was disparagingly referred to as jargon

Related terms

• deployment
• redeploy

Noun

1. (military, dated) deployment