Take the tour ×  Can "installation" be used to mean software
installed in a computer? (e.g. portable or stand-alone USB
installation)  Example sentence: This feature works in my
standard installation of the software, but not in the portable
USB installation.  If not, what word could be a good alternative
for "installation" in my example above?  I am wondering about
this because some software installers, like Opera's
(screenshots: example 1, example 2), seem to use "installation"
to mean software installed in a computer. But dictionaries like
Oxford's Advanced Learner's Dictionary and Wiktionary, don't
seem to include that definition for "installation", despite
including the technical, computer definition for "install":
OALD, Wiktionary.  share|improve this question Yes. The example
sentence makes sense. An installation of a piece of software is
an instance (say, a licensed customer copy) installed on a
system. –  Kris Oct 17 '12 at 10:49 add comment  2 Answers
First, it's not uncommon for dictionaries to tak