configured

[kuhn-fig-yer]

con·fig·ure

[kuhn-fig-yer]
verb (used with object), con·fig·ured, con·fig·ur·ing.
1.
to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
2.
Computers.
a.
to put (a computer system) together by supplying a specific computer with appropriate peripheral devices, as a monitor and disk drive, and connecting them.
b.
to set up (a program) to enable it to run on a particular computer or for a particular application.

Origin:
back formation from configuration

con·fig·ur·a·ble, adjective
pre·con·fig·ure, verb (used with object), pre·con·fig·ured, pre·con·fig·ur·ing.
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Configured is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
WordNet
configured

adjective
organized so as to give configuration to; "a magnet is surrounded by a configured field" 
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