Editing Concurrent Versions System (section)

{{Short description|Historical centralized version control system}}
{{lead too short|date=September 2018}}
{{Infobox software
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| developer = [http://savannah.nongnu.org/project/memberlist.php?detailed=1&group=cvs The CVS Team]
| released = {{Start date and age|1990|11|19}}
| latest release version = 1.11.23<ref>[https://savannah.nongnu.org/news/?id=5273 Stable CVS Version 1.11.23 Released!]</ref>
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2008|05|08}}
| latest preview version = 1.12.13<ref>[https://savannah.nongnu.org/news/?id=4010 CVS Feature Version 1.12.13 Released! * Security Update *]</ref>
| latest preview date = {{Start date and age|2005|09|28}}
| operating system = [[Unix-like]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]
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| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]]
| genre = [[Revision control]]
| license = [[GNU General Public License|GPL-1.0-or-later]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cvs.savannah.nongnu.org/viewvc/cvs/ccvs/README?view=markup|title=Contents of /ccvs/README}}</ref>
| website = {{URL|http://cvs.nongnu.org}}
}}

'''Concurrent Versions System''' ('''CVS''', or '''Concurrent Versioning System''') is a [[version control system]] originally developed by [[Dick Grune]] in July 1986.<ref name="ximbiot" />