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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>nude</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../N.html" title="N"/><link rel="previous" href="NSP.html" title="NSP"/><link rel="next" href="nugry.html" title="nugry"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">nude</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="NSP.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">N</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="nugry.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="nude"/><dt xmlns="" id="nude"><b>nude</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Said of machines delivered without an operating system (compare
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<a href="../B/bare-metal.html"><i class="glossterm">bare metal</i></a>). “<span class="quote">We ordered 50 systems, but they
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all arrived nude, so we had to spend an extra weekend with the installation
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disks.</span>” This usage is a recent innovation reflecting the fact that
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most IBM-PC clones are now delivered with an operating system pre-installed
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at the factory. Other kinds of hardware are still normally delivered
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without OS, so this term is particular to PC support groups.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="NSP.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../N.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="nugry.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">NSP </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> nugry</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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