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commercial off-the-shelf

commercial off-the-shelf adjective: of a system: manufactured commercially and then tailored for specific uses.

Adjective

commercial off-the-shelf (not comparable)

  1. Of a system: manufactured commercially and then tailored for specific uses.

Questions about commercial off-the-shelf

What does commercial off-the-shelf mean?
Commercial off-the-shelf means of a system: manufactured commercially and then tailored for specific uses.
What part of speech is commercial off-the-shelf?
Commercial off-the-shelf is an adjective.

Words near commercial off-the-shelf in the dictionary

  1. commercial law
  2. commercial letter of credit
  3. commercial letters of credit
  4. commercial model
  5. commercial models
  6. commercial off-the-shelf
  7. commercial paper
  8. commercial papers
  9. commercial room
  10. commercial rooms
  11. commercial traveller

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