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total cost of ownership

Term introduced at the end of the 1980s by US market analysts (in particular the Gartner Group) to indicate the complete cost of owning a desktop device, including capital, technical support, administration, and end-user costs. TCO has been used to highlight the difference between the ownership costs of a personal computer, a network computer, and a Windows-based terminal.



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