(1) Part of a product that is either included with the product or can be ordered separately.
(2) The visual content information that is stored in the image search server. Also, the visual traits that image search applications use to determine matches. The four QBIC features are average color, histogram color, positional color, and texture.
(3) A subset of capabilities of a solution. In Solution Install, a feature selects a set of installable units from within the root installable unit.
(4) A labeled subset of concrete, functional software characteristics (function, interface, property, event, and so forth) or nonfunctional software characteristics (scalability, portability, performance, and so forth) of a specific common component, assembly, or offering. See also common component, assembly, offering, capability.
(5) In Eclipse, a JAR file that is packaged in a form that the update manager accepts and uses to update the platform. Features have a manifest that provides basic information about the content of the feature, which can include plug-ins, fragments and other files.