Browse Definitions :
Definition

sub-release

TechTarget Contributor
By

A sub-release is a slightly supplemented or improved version of a software product offered for purchase rather than as a free update to the existing version.

A developer or vendor may choose to do a sub-release for a number of reasons. Sometimes a developer may experience feature creep to the extent that they will suffer financially if the update is provided without charge.

In monopoly situations, a company may decide that their market positioning makes it feasible for them to charge for the product. A developer may simply compare the updates features to features of the competition and decide that a sub-release is justifiable and that the market will support it.

Sub-releases have been offered by many companies at one time or another. A well-known example is Microsoft’s Windows 3.1, an updated version of Windows 3.0 that added support for TrueType fonts and peer-to-peer networking.

According to some experts, sub-releases paved the way for paid update subscription models.

This was last updated in February 2014
SearchCompliance
  • OPSEC (operations security)

    OPSEC (operations security) is a security and risk management process and strategy that classifies information, then determines ...

  • smart contract

    A smart contract is a decentralized application that executes business logic in response to events.

  • compliance risk

    Compliance risk is an organization's potential exposure to legal penalties, financial forfeiture and material loss, resulting ...

SearchSecurity
  • biometric verification

    Biometric verification is any means by which a person can be uniquely identified by evaluating one or more distinguishing ...

  • password

    A password is a string of characters used to verify the identity of a user during the authentication process.

  • biometrics

    Biometrics is the measurement and statistical analysis of people's unique physical and behavioral characteristics.

SearchHealthIT
SearchDisasterRecovery
  • What is risk mitigation?

    Risk mitigation is a strategy to prepare for and lessen the effects of threats faced by a business.

  • change control

    Change control is a systematic approach to managing all changes made to a product or system.

  • disaster recovery (DR)

    Disaster recovery (DR) is an organization's ability to respond to and recover from an event that affects business operations.

SearchStorage
  • PCIe SSD (PCIe solid-state drive)

    A PCIe SSD (PCIe solid-state drive) is a high-speed expansion card that attaches a computer to its peripherals.

  • VRAM (video RAM)

    VRAM (video RAM) refers to any type of random access memory (RAM) specifically used to store image data for a computer display.

  • virtual memory

    Virtual memory is a memory management technique where secondary memory can be used as if it were a part of the main memory.

Close