olemus
konfiguratsioonihalduse komponent: programmide, dokumentide jm teabekogumite muudatuste haldus
= configuration management component: management of changes to programs, documents and other information

ISO/IEC/IEEE 24765:

alusvariantide kehtestamine ja hooldus ning muudatuste selline identifitseerimine ja haldus, mis võimaldab naasmist eelmise alusvariandi juurde
= establishment and maintenance of baselines and the identification and control of changes to baselines that make it possible to return to the previous baseline

ülevaateid
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Version_control
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Versioning_file_system
http://betterexplained.com/articles/a-visual-guide-to-version-control/?PageSpeed=noscript
https://homes.cs.washington.edu/~mernst/advice/version-control.html