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Subject: Re: What is OUT OF THE BOX
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[Mykroft Holmes IV wrote (mykroft@explosive.mail.net) on 8/1/03 6:56 AM]

> Out of The Box means 'Like New', and unmodified. It's the condition the
> item being referred to would be in when it was rem,oved from it's box.

in the software world it often means that something just works, ie you
install it and you can start using it right away without major problem, as
in "it works with X, Y and Z right out of the box".

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