cots 상용 기성품
COTS란? (Commercial, off-the-shelf)
off-the-shelf (선반에서 분리해 내리는)
특별히 디자인하거나 주문하지 않고 규격품으로 바로 살 수 있는 기성품
■ off-the-shelf
adjective [ before noun ]
used to describe a product that is available immediately and does not need to be specially made to suit a particular purpose:
You can purchase off-the-shelf software or have it customized to suit your needs.
Hand pulling a book off the shelf.
off the shelf
adverb
If you have complex needs, we don't recommend that you buy software off the shelf.
EXAMPLES of off-the-shelf
off-the-shelf
Honouring our commitment to 'off-the-shelf ' proof theory, we now present the result, namely cut elimination, that provides the basis for the rest of the article.
The inclusion of reproducible activity sheets and step-by-step guides to activities provide busy teachers an off-the-shelf resource for lessons.
For this, off-the-shelf algorithms included in the robot's programming libraries are used.
This requires optical quality a little better than the human eye but much less precise than an ordinary off-the-shelf amateur telescope.
Major results of these efforts are that speech recognisers and synthesisers can now be bought as off-the-shelf software.
However, off-the-shelf placement tests rarely match the syllabus of a particular conversation school.
It was not intended to limit the technology to off-the-shelf parts, however it provided a solid, efficient base for the experiments.
It went on to protest that most contemporary architecture disguised its reliance on off-the-shelf elements.
If phonetics-tospeech is chosen, an off-the-shelf speech synthesis program may be used and only an application-specific lexicon for grapheme-to-phoneme conversion has to be made.
Our use of technology has progressed from off-the-shelf software to the creation of customised interfaces optimised for work across media.
And it is extremely important that plan sponsors draft their own investment policy statements, rather than rely on off-the-shelf models.
In fact, the cut elimination procedures we consider are 'off-the-shelf ', while the explicit substitution calculi are well-established in their own right.
Establishing semantic links between the vocabularies using off-the-shelf ontology mapping tools.
Clusters built from cheap off-the-shelf components represent an affordable solution for a large variety of applications that demand huge amounts of resources.
The notions of function, set and algorithm were available "off-the-shelf" from mathematics and logic for use in computer science.
COTS 소프트웨어라는 것은 간단하게 말하자면 구매해서 사용하는 소프트웨어를 말한다. 예를 들면 운영체제(OS)가 있다.
COTS 란 완성품으로 일반 대중에게 판매, 대여 또는 권한을 부여할 수 있는 컴퓨터 소프트웨어나 하드웨어, 기술 또는 컴퓨터 제품 등을 의미한다.
보통 자체 개발이나 1회성 정부 지원에 의한 개발에 대한 대안책이 될 수 있다. COTS를 이용하면 도입 및 유지보수 비용을 크게 줄일 수 있기 때문에 수많은 정부와 기업 프로그램에 적용되었다. 하지만 COTS 소프트웨어 명세서가 외부에서 작성되기 때문에 향후 해당 제품에 대한 변경 사항들에 대해 인지할 수 없는 점에 대한 우려가 생길 수 밖에 없다.
일반적으로 상용 컴포넌트를 사용하는 큰 이유는 전체적인 시스템 개발에 드는 노력과 비용(개별로 구매할 수 있고 많은 노력을 통해 개발할 필요없이 구매하거나 사용 허가를 받을 수 있기 때문에)의 감소 그리고 유지보수 비용이 절약되기 때문이다. 1990년 대에 소프트웨어 개발 분야에 속한 많은 사람들이 상용제품을 은의 탄환으로 여겼지만, COTS 를 접목시킨 개발은 일반적으로 소프트웨어 컴포넌트 통합 작업이 별도로 요구되고 제3자가 되는 컴포넌트 벤더에 대한 의존성이 커지게 되는 부담이 뒤따르게 되긴 하지만, 전체적인 비용과 개발 소요 시간을 절약할 수 있다는 점에서 각각 일장일단이 있다.
Off-the-shelf – definition and meaning
An off-the-shelf item is something that is available now. The seller has it in stock. In other words, the seller does not need to make it specifically to suit a particular purpose. It is the opposite of tailor-made, customized, or bespoke. Another example of a term with the opposite meaning is custom made.
Put simply; the seller has not customized it. It is ready for anybody to use without modification.
When talking about clothes, we use the terms off-the-peg or ready to wear.
In the computer software world, the term refers to a factory-packaged product. It is available for sale either to the general public or companies. It is the opposite of custom software.
BusinessDictionary.com has the following definition for the term:
“Commercially produced, ready-made, standardized, and regularly available equipment, goods, parts, software, etc.”
Off the shelf is also the opposite of make-to-order. German and Japanese carmaker use a make-to-order system. They do not make the finished product before a customer’s order comes in.
COTS in the United States
We often use the term COTS, which stands for Commercial Off-The-Shelf.
The US government defines ‘COTS’ as a formal term for commercial products or services. They are available in the marketplace, and the government can buy and use them under government contract.
Microsoft Corporation, for example, is a COTS software provider.
Off-the-shelf company
Before electronic company formations became common, off-the-shelf companies were popular.
They were companies that formation agents would register in their own name. The agents would then transfer them to their customers’ names.
They were common when people had to register companies on paper, rather than electronically.
Company formation agents kept lists of companies that customers could choose. When they chose one, the agents would transfer them to the new owner.
In most countries today, you can form a new company electronically. For example, in the UK, people submit applications to Companies House and have a new company within hours.
Creating a new company yourself electronically is much cheaper than purchasing an off-the-shelf one.