Konfigurerat

Konfigurerat is the past participle form in Swedish of the verb konfigurerar, and is commonly used to indicate that something has been set up or customized according to specific requirements. The word functions both as part of a verb phrase (for example har konfigurerat) and as an adjective describing the state of a system, device or service after settings have been applied.

Etymology and meaning: Konfigurerar is borrowed from English configure, which in turn derives from Latin configurare. In Swedish, konfigurerat is the supine or past participle form, used to express completed configuration. As an adjective, the corresponding gendered forms are konfigurerat for neuter nouns and konfigurerad for common gender nouns.

Usage in practice: The term is prevalent in information technology, software deployment, and network administration. It describes states such as a configured server, a configured application, or a configured network. Examples include statements like “Systemet är konfigurerat för produktion” or “Har konfigurerat inställningarna.” In documentation, konfigurerat is often paired with configuration files or tools, for instance config.ini, settings.json, or YAML configurations, which store the parameters that render a system operational.

Grammar notes: Konfigurerat can function as a verb form in perfect tenses (har konfigurerat, hade konfigurerat) or as an adjective describing a noun (ett konfigurerat system, en konfigurerad dator). The related noun is konfiguration, and the process is described as konfigurering eller konfigurering av inställningar.

See also: configuration, configuration management, systemadministration, IT-dokumentation.