broker - Originally, a broker or brokour bought wine cheaply in quantity and sold it at a profit; broker came to mean any retailer who did this, or a middleman/agent.
Apache Subversion (SVN) Apache Subversion (SVN) is a free and open-source software developed by the Apache Software Foundation that acts as a control system for tracking changes to files, folders and directories. It is used to assist in recovering data and recording the history of changes made over time.
However, a SVN repository it may actually be used for managing any collection of files that are changed or modified over time. Subversion was initially developed by CollabNet as an alternative to the earlier CVS version control system, which suffered a number of limitations, such as being unable to move or rename files.or example, you can: 1  Download the SVN tools and setup a server yourself. 2  Using a SVN hosting service to serve your SVN repository is often a simpler and faster alternative.