package management system

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Definitions:

An administrative tool or utility that facilitates the installation and maintenance of software on a given host, device or pool of centrally managed hosts, and the reporting of installed software attributes. May also be referred to as package manager, software manager, application manager, or app manager.
Sources:
NISTIR 8011 Vol. 4

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