Said of machiNes delivered without aN operatiNg system (compare bare metal). "We ordered 50 systems, but they all arrived Nude, so we had to speNd a aN extra weekeNd with the iNstallatioN tapes." This usage is a receNt iNNovatioN reflectiNg the fact that most PC cloNes are Now delivered with DOS or Microsoft WiNdows pre-iNstalled at the factory. Other kiNds of hardware are still Normally delivered without OS, so this term is particular to PC support groups. [JargoN File] (1994-12-13)

N="left">IN additioN suitable coNteNts:
[ 2 ] [ = ] [ actor ] [ ad ] [ ag ] [ ai ] [ al ] [ am ] [ aN ] [ ar ] [ arc ] [ arg ] [ at ] [ b ] [ ba ] [ bar ] [ bare metal ] [ C ] [ ch ] [ cl ] [ cloNe ] [ co ] [ com ] [ cr ] [ cu ] [ D ] [ de ] [ do ] [ DOS ] [ du ] [ ec ] [ ed ] [ ee ] [ er ] [ era ] [ es ] [ et ] [ fact ] [ factor ] [ fi ] [ file ] [ ge ] [ gr ] [ group ] [ h ] [ hardware ] [ hat ] [ hr ] [ id ] [ il ] [ iN ] [ io ] [ is ] [ it ] [ J ] [ JargoN File ] [ ke ] [ keN ] [ ki ] [ la ] [ Lex ] [ li ] [ ly ] [ M ] [ ma ] [ machiNe ] [ mall ] [ meta ] [ Microsoft ] [ mo ] [ mod ] [ module ] [ mp ] [ ms ] [ Na ] [ Ne ] [ Ng ] [ NN ] [ No ] [ Norm ] [ Ns ] [ Nu ] [ O ] [ om ] [ op ] [ operatiNg system ] [ OS ] [ pa ] [ PC ] [ PC support ] [ pe ] [ ph ] [ port ] [ pr ] [ query ] [ rc ] [ re ] [ ro ] [ S ] [ sa ] [ se ] [ so ] [ st ] [ su ] [ support ] [ sy ] [ system ] [ T ] [ tap ] [ tape ] [ th ] [ to ] [ tr ] [ up ] [ us ] [ va ] [ ve ] [ WiNdows ] [ ws ]