implementation

See also: implémentation

English

Etymology

By surface analysis, implement +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɪmplɪmənˈteɪʃn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɪmpləmɛnˈteɪʃən/, IPA^(key): /ˌɪmpləmənˈteɪʃən/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

implementation (countable and uncountable, plural implementations)

1. The process of moving an idea from concept to reality. In business, engineering and other fields, implementation refers to the building process rather than the design process.

   Now that the requirements are complete we can move on to implementation.

   • 1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, page 252:

     The Group has recently concentrated on two main objectives, the implementation of a Code of Practice on minor station improvements and the preparation of a stock list of approved items of equipment for railway stations.

2. (electronics) A result of implementing something; a finished product, system or device.

   His implementation works, but it needs some fine-tuning.

Hyponyms

• reference implementation

Translations

process of moving an idea from concept to reality

• Arabic: تَنْفِيذ m (tanfīḏ)
• Bulgarian: изпълнение (bg) n (izpǎlnenie), осъществяване (bg) n (osǎštestvjavane)
• Catalan: implementació f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 履行 (zh) (lǚxíng)

• Czech: implementace (cs) f
• Danish: implementering c
• Dutch: implementatie (nl) f
• Esperanto: realigo
• Finnish: toimeenpano (fi)
• French: mise en œuvre (fr) f
• German: Implementierung (de) f
• Greek: υλοποίηση (el) f (ylopoíisi), εφαρμογή (el) f (efarmogí)
• Hebrew: מִימוּשׁ (he) m (mimúsh), בִּצוּעַ (he) m (bitsúa)
• Hungarian: végrehajtás (hu), megvalósítás (hu), kivitelezés (hu)
• Indonesian: implementasi (id), pelaksanaan (id), penerapan (id)
• Italian: implementazione (it) f, attuazione (it) f
• Japanese: 実施 (ja) (jisshi), 実用化 (jitsuyōka), 履行 (ja) (rikō)
• Korean: 이행(履行) (ko) (ihaeng)
• Lithuanian: įgyvendinimas m
• Norwegian: iverksetting

  Bokmål: gjennomføring m or f, implementering (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: gjennomføring f, implementering f

• Persian: پیاده‌سازی (piyâde-sâzi)
• Polish: implementacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: implementação (pt) f
• Russian: воплоще́ние в реа́льность n (voploščénije v reálʹnostʹ), реализа́ция (ru) f (realizácija), осуществле́ние (ru) n (osuščestvlénije), имплемента́ция (ru) f (implementácija) (computing, legal, etc.), внедре́ние (ru) n (vnedrénije)
• Spanish: puesta en práctica f
• Swedish: implementering (sv) c
• Turkish: tatbik (tr) (obsolecent), uygulama (tr)

result of implementing something

• Dutch: implementatie (nl) f
• Finnish: sovellus (fi)
• French: implémentation (fr) f
• German: Implementierung (de) f
• Hebrew: מִימוּשׁ (he) m (mimúsh), בִּצוּעַ (he) m (bitsúa)
• Japanese: 実装 (ja) (じっそう, jissō)
• Maori: whakatinanatanga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: implementering (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: implementering f

• Polish: implementacja (pl)
• Spanish: implementación f
• Swedish: implementation (sv) c
• Turkish: uygulama (tr)

References

• implementation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia