(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)