configuration programming

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

configuration programming

   <programming> An approach that advocates the use of a separate
   configuration language to specify the coarse-grain structure
   of programs.  Configuration programming is particularly
   attractive for {concurrent}, parallel and distributed systems
   that have inherently complex program structures.

   {Darwin} is an example of a configuration language.

   (1995-03-14)