2007-08-26 06:39:05 · 13 answers · asked by smittydingo 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
It stands for "Own Equipment Manufacturer" ie intended to be sold to systems builders, but often sold to public as "brown box" items, no fancy printed boxes, extra software , just the bare minimum
2007-08-26 06:43:41 · answer #1 · answered by stu_the_kilted_scot 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
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what does "oem" mean when it says it on a hard drive, cd drive, ram, and operating system?
2015-08-10 11:07:04 · answer #2 · answered by Zandra 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Original Equipment Manufacturer.
2007-08-26 06:46:50 · answer #3 · answered by jim1965_99 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
OEM means original equipment manufacturer. See the link for more information. For example, say you bought a brand new car and after a few years you need to replace the battery. You could get a battery from another manufacturer, or you could buy the OEM battery which is from the same maker who supplied it to the car company when it was a brand new car.
2007-08-26 06:50:38 · answer #4 · answered by rod85 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
OEM means Original Equipment Manufacturer. Examples of OEMs are Dell and HP. Your operating system may have come preinstalled by the OEM.
2007-08-26 06:44:34 · answer #5 · answered by MLM 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
OEM means it came with a hardware device you purchased.
Original Equipment Manufacturer.
2007-08-26 06:45:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
OEM traditionally stands for Other Equipment Manufacturers. Since the days of IBM clones they're all friends now.
2007-08-26 06:42:52 · answer #7 · answered by PastorBobby 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
oem means: original equipment manufacture. Basically it is packaged like it was going to be sold to a company like dell or gateway who has their own cables and software. For DVD drives and the like, it is just the drive and the driver disk. Sometimes you can find them bundled with software like Nero.
2007-08-26 06:50:38 · answer #8 · answered by tater 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
OEM hardware like OEM software, you get the "bare" drive, usually with no manuals, registration cards, cables and the like, but it is a fully functional product.
2007-08-26 06:53:43 · answer #9 · answered by Karl 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Original equipment manufacturer, or OEM, is a term that refers to a situation in which one company purchases a manufactured product from another company.
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2007-08-26 06:43:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋