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Software Upgrades

ALSO CALLED: Bug Fixes, Upgrades, Software Updates, Application Upgrades, and Perfective Maintenance
DEFINITION: A service pack is an orderable or downloadable update to a customer's software that fixes existing problems and, in some cases, delivers product enhancements. IBM and Microsoft are examples of companies that use this term to describe their periodic product updates.

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SOFTWARE UPGRADES DEFINITION (continued): … A service pack is an orderable or downloadable update to a customer's software that fixes existing problems and, in some cases, delivers product enhancements. IBM and Microsoft are examples of companies that use this term to describe their periodic product updates.

When a new product version comes out, it usually incorporates the fixes from the service packs that have been shipped to update the previous product version.
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