What is a staging environment?

[James McDonald]

burns wrote:
> 
> After a short break, on the 8th day the Lord invented staging
> environments. And verily they were wise that used them, even if the
> scribes and elders knew not.

What is a staging environment? I haven't heard of it before in relation 
to IT.


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James McDonald
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