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off-the-shelfRefers to products that are factory-packaged and available for sale to either a company or to the general public. In the tech industry, off-the-shelf programs would be the opposite of custom software. off-the-shelf [′ȯfthə ¦shelf] (industrial engineering) Available for immediate shipment. (ordnance) Referring to those items required by the military services which are generally used throughout the civilian economy and which are available through normal commercial distribution channels. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The Global Positioning System equipment is off the shelf. The SCOPE Alliance encourages companies with diverse perspectives, specialization, and experience to join the Alliance in order to optimize the quality and time in which its goal of having a commercial off the shelf carrier grade base platform become generally available is achieved. Its mission is to enable and promote the availability of open Carrier Grade Base Platforms based on Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) hardware & software building blocks, and to promote interoperability to better serve Service Providers and consumers. |
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