kit
({Usenet}, possibly from {DEC}) Slang for a full
software distribution, as opposed to a {patch} or upgrade. A
source software distribution that has been packaged in such a
way that it can (theoretically) be unpacked and installed
according to a series of steps using only standard {Unix}
tools, and entirely documented by some reasonable chain of
references from the top-level {README file}. The more general
term {distribution} may imply that special tools or more
stringent conditions on the host environment are required.
[{Jargon File}]
(1994-11-18)