total cost of ownership
noun[U]
ACCOUNTINGukus(abbreviationtco)acalculationof all thecostsinvolvedinbuyingand using aproductovertime:
Outsourcingservicescandramaticallycutthetotalcostofownership.
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On the other hand, many things affect thetotalcostofownershipof software products besides price.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It offers accuracy without any hardware requirements and a relatively lowtotalcostofownership.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Reliability, as well as initial cost and efficiency, affectstotalcostofownership.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Standardization is beneficial in achieving interoperability, ensuring products meet certain requirements, commonality, reliability,totalcostofownership, compatibility with logistics systems, and similar defense-related objectives.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This low power consumption decreases thetotalcostofownership.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Common metrics include availability, reliability, maintainability, supportability andtotalcostofownership.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.High-quality software is faster and cheaper to build and maintain than low-quality software, from initial development all the way throughtotalcostofownership.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thin-client computing is also a way of easily maintaining computational services at a reducedtotalcostofownership.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The current architecture is built on a set of principles and methodologies for achieving speed to market, business agility, and lowertotalcostofownership.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There is also a notion of pre-delivery/pre-release maintenance which is all the good things you do to lower thetotalcostofownershipof the software.
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