One of the uses that we most attribute to the word is for express the action from which we place something in the place where it corresponds.
Putting something in its place
“We have to install the LCD TV on the wall of the living room that we use for this purpose..”
Place electricity, gas and water services in a building
Too, when in a certain physical place, such as a building, a house, a construction, those services that it will have are placed, such is the case of electricity, telephone, cable television, laundry room, swimming pool, among others, will be discussed in terms of installing them.
Without the installation of the basic services that turn out to be essential for the daily life of a person or family, such as electricity, gas and water, it is certainly difficult to decide to move or stay in a place without them.
For example, when a person buys a brand new apartment or house, or when he rents a property, he must check and make sure that these services are installed accordingly, and of course in operation so that they can be used.
In brand-new buildings, these services are usually activated once the construction has finished, that is, the connections and cable runs are made, but the activation of the services with the provider companies is left until the end of the work.
In order to activate them, it is necessary to carry out an administrative procedure that may be left to the builder or owner.
On the other hand, there are other services that today people also consider relevant, such as cable service, fixed telephony, internet, which in terms of relevance we can put one step less than the previous ones, and which also require installation by specialized technicians so that they can work.
This installation is requested from the provider company once the place where they are to be installed is inhabited, meanwhile, the procedure is quite simple and fast, especially if the cables are already passed and only one activation is required.
Establishing someone in a place
On the other hand, it is common for us to use the word install to express the establishment, the settlement of a person, a company, among other alternatives, in a specific place. “My mother settled in my brother's house until the problem of humidity in the wall of his house was solved. During the holidays we will settle in a hotel that is located on the coast.”
The installation in this sense may be due to the fact that a person, family, or company left a place for x reasons and go to another, and by case, that move, requires the transfer of belongings and the conditioning of some aspects and services.
In the case of a single person, the installation is much simpler and simpler because being alone there will not be many personal belongings and furniture, different is the case of a complete family or a company that would surely require more logistics in the installation process .
Placing software or an application on a computer or other devices
It should be noted that the computing It is one of the contexts in which the word install is used the most, whereas, thanks to the impressive progress that this sector has made in recent decades, the use of the word has also spread wonderfully because of this.
Because in this area, the word install is used to indicate the placement of any software, application or device, to the computer, such as antivirus, the so-called office tools grouped in the office package, which contains programs such as Word for text editing, Excel, to perform calculations, among others.
Even many of the most prominent and prepared applications, when purchased, already come with an installer program that helps in the installation process, that is, they are accompanied by an explanatory that makes it easier for the user to install them without the need for technical knowledge.
Today, with the boom and the enormous presence that the cell phone has in our daily lives, both personally and at work, we make use of its contributions and benefits. And so it is that we constantly install and uninstall applications or programs that we need or that we no longer require, respectively.
Among the most used synonyms for this term stands out that of settle, while the word that directly opposes the one at hand is that of uninstall.
