Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.The laboratory included an elaborate setup for measuring the energy.
The fashion in which something is organized or arranged.The classroom setup was simple and efficient.
An act to frame someone; an effort or arrangement aimed at placing the blame on somebody.Trust me, that was a setup!
(computing) An installer.After inserting the disk, run the setup.
(operations) The process of arranging resources for performing a specific operation, as a run of a particular product.A simple setup on the bottling line involves reloading bottles and labels; emptying, cleaning, and reloading the tanks; and a test run.