Installer

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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  installer
       
           A {utility} program to ease the
          installation of another, probably larger, {application}.  It
          is also possible for {hardware} to have an installer accompany
          it, to install any low level {device drivers} required.


       
          The installer commonly asks the user to enter desired
          configuration options for the main program or hardware, and
          sets up various initialisation files accordingly, as well as
          copying the main program to a {hard disc}.
       
          Some badly designed operating systems require applications to
          provide an {uninstaller} because of the number of different
          files modified or created during the installation process.
       
          (1998-02-09)