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Definition of Version Control System

By David Bolton, About.com

Definition: A Version Control System (VCS) is an application, desktop or web-based that lets developers keep their source code and binary and resource files stored away along with information about different versions.

The developer can at a later stage see who put back any version of a particular file and identify the differences between different versions. Also VCS have methods of preventing two developers working on the same file and one overwriting the other's changes.

Glossary:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Also Known As: Change Control System
Examples:
I stored all source files in our VCS
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