I feel like a gardner

Can somebody explain to me the term "branches" ?

thanx

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http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/branches.html
Does it help?

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"John Jay Smith" <-> wrote in message
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> Can somebody explain to me the term "branches" ?
>
> thanx
>
> --
> "What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people
> think things are."
> - Epictetus 55-135
>
>

Greetings,

I'm not entirely 100% certain what it means in this case, but modern software is usually
developed in branches -- so you have specific versions "branched off" for bug fixes and then
reincorporated into a primary build.

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"John Jay Smith" <-> wrote in message news:...
> Can somebody explain to me the term "branches" ?
>
> thanx
>
> --
> "What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are."
> - Epictetus 55-135
>
>