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Revision as of 18:42, 10 April 2021
Basics
- An acronym for Commercial (or sometimes Commodity/Common) Off-The Shelf
- Essentially anything that is
- Readily available, procurable
- Standard solution to the need
- A simple example would be a store bought screw that adheres to a norm (ISO, EN, DIN)
- This specific term is also heavily used in the commercial law/government sectors during Procurement
Software-Context
- A non-developmental item (NDI)
- vs. custom software
- An example would be shrink-wrapped software like Microsoft Word
- Need to find the word for the s