OEM

[ oh-ee-em ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

abbreviation for

original equipment manufacturer:
1. a firm that purchases complex equipment, as computers, from manufacturers and modifies or combines different components for resale.
2. a firm that manufactures components or parts included in the finished product made by another.

OEM

original equipment manufacturer: a computer company whose products are made by customizing basic parts supplied by others

Origin of OEM¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Closely related to the last three versions is the passage in the thirteenth-century poem printed in OEM p. 173, ll.

Ne hedde he none robe of fowe ne of gray, OEM 39/66; gold ne seoluer vouh ne gray, id.

And chepte heom to sullen vre helare, OEM 40/115, but with prep.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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