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on-prem

on-prem adjective: installed and run on computers on the premises of the organisation that uses it, and not elsewhere (such as in a server farm or in the cloud).

Adjective

on-prem (not comparable)

  1. Installed and run on computers on the premises of the organisation that uses it, and not elsewhere (such as in a server farm or in the cloud).
    • on-prem resources
    • A maintenance window for an on-prem system can look like a service problem from the hosting provider. Security can be difficult in this scenario, especially for multi-tenant arrangements, but there are models that work for this.2012, Thomas Rizzo, Reza Alirezaei, Jeff Fried, Professional SharePoint 2010 Development, page 301
    Antonyms:
    off-prem

Antonyms of on-prem

Origin of on-prem

Clipping of on premises.

Questions about on-prem

What does on-prem mean?
On-prem means installed and run on computers on the premises of the organisation that uses it, and not elsewhere (such as in a server farm or in the cloud).
What part of speech is on-prem?
On-prem is an adjective.

Words near on-prem in the dictionary

  1. on-off switch
  2. on-off switches
  3. on-path attack
  4. on-path attacks
  5. on-point
  6. on-prem
  7. on-premise
  8. on-premises
  9. on-pressing
  10. on-ramp
  11. on-ramped

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