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unbundling

A Dictionary of Computing | 2004 | 394 words | Copyright

unbundling The separation of system software charges from hardware charges in the marketing of computer systems. Historically, when system software was minimal and represented a small part of total system cost, it was included without additional charge. Unbundling was a natural result of system hardware becoming less expensive while software was becoming a much larger proportion of the cost.

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