"semantic versioning" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} semantic versioning (uncountable)
  1. (software) A versioning scheme where each release is given a three-part version number of the form major.minor.patch. The major number is incremented to indicate a breaking change, minor for new non-breaking features, and patch for other non-breaking changes. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: SemVer [abbreviation]

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