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Mathematica System Setup
Mathematica allows convenient discovery and customization of all aspects of its system setup.
System Information »
SystemInformation — information about your Mathematica and computer system
$Version  ▪ $System  ▪ $MachineName  ▪ $UserName  ▪ ...
System Customization
File ► Install — install files into your Mathematica file layout
init.m — initialization files
$Path — list of directories to search for files
$UserBaseDirectory, $BaseDirectory — default locations for additional files
SetOptions — set options for the front end, kernel, and individual functions
Remote Kernels
Evaluation ► Kernel Configuration Options — configure kernels
Evaluation ► Notebook's Kernel — choose a kernel to connect to
Locale & Internationalization »
$TimeZone  ▪ $CharacterEncoding  ▪ $Language  ▪ $DateStringFormat  ▪ ...
System & License Management »
$LicenseID  ▪ $MachineID  ▪ $LicenseServer  ▪ $ProcessID  ▪ ...
Session Customization »
$Post  ▪ $Path  ▪ $RecursionLimit  ▪ $HistoryLength  ▪ ...
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