"versioning" meaning in English

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          "text": "There have been many proposals to incorporate versioning in object-oriented databases.",
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          "text": "2005, Longley et al, Geographic Information Systems and Science\nAn alternative to pessimistic locking is optimistic versioning."
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        "(computing) The use of versions as a means of distinguishing similar items."
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          "sense": "distinguishing items based on version",
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          "word": "versionnage"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "distinguishing items based on version",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "Versionierung"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "distinguishing items based on version",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "versionamento"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "distinguishing items based on version",
          "word": "versionado"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "distinguishing items based on version",
          "word": "sürüm kontrolü"
        }
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        "(computing) The use of versions as a means of distinguishing similar items."
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      "sense": "distinguishing items based on version",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "versionnage"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "distinguishing items based on version",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "sense": "distinguishing items based on version",
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    },
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      "sense": "distinguishing items based on version",
      "word": "versionado"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "distinguishing items based on version",
      "word": "sürüm kontrolü"
    }
  ],
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