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Service packs are usually numbered, and thus shortly referred to as SP1, SP2, etc..A counterexample is: Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3a It is notable however that they may bring, besides bug fixes, entirely new features, as is the case for instance with SP2 of Windows XP . INCREMENTAL AND CUMULATIVE SPS A service pack can be ''incremental'', which means it only contains the updates that were not present in the previous service packs or, more commonly, ''cumulative'', which means it includes the contents of all its predecessors. In the case of Microsoft's product, incremental updates are usually called service release. For example, Office 2000 must be upgraded to service release 1 (SR1) before one can install SP2. Normally, for a given program, its service packs are either all incremental or all cumulative. For this reason the two adjectives are often referred to the entire set of a program's service packs, as, for instance, in the sentence ''Microsoft Windows service packs are cumulative''. SEE ALSO
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