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Nov 19, 2012 · "Out of the box" has both meanings. To think out of the box (or outside the box) is to solve a problem by tackling it from a different perspective. This refers to the nine dots puzzle. Rather obviously, an "out of the box" feature is one which a product has when you first buy it and take it out of the box it comes in.
Aug 30, 2015 · Products which were already fully "assembled" were said to be ready to run "out of the box". No assembly required. NB: A similar phrase was used of products purchased in a "store", a sort of enclosed space where physical products were displayed for purchase with "cash" or "checks" (currency made of processed wood pulp).
Sep 29, 2023 · “Out of the box” and “outside [of] the box” have sharply different meanings in typical, generally informal, use. The first means ready for use without alteration, customization, or assembly, whereas the second implies creativity and is often used in the phrase “thinking outside the box.”
Jun 15, 2020 · TeXworks has out-of-the-box support for synctex. out-of-the-box may be seen as an idiomatic adjective modifying the noun support. In. TeXworks can be used out of the box with synctex. out of the box may be seen as an idiomatic adverbial phrase modifying the verb used. Also note that think out of the box has another meaning altogether: to think ...
Aug 9, 2018 · El otro es "out of the box" que por su similitud a "outside the box" se ha querido cambiar a "out from the box", de la cual la traducción más fiable sería "directamente de la caja". Esto se utiliza para englobar paqueterías, productos, funciones o servicios de software opcionales/adicionales que puedes encontrar directamente dentro del producto sin tener que fabricar nada nuevo.
Sep 11, 2015 · ticking the box -> there is a box, and click it to mark the same with a check mark (if you want to select it). (common in online forms/surveys etc.) Moreover, "checking the box" is more flexible, since those who live in the era where forms are answered in hard copies can automatically interpret it as to selecting the option available.
Sylvia Plath has knocked Keats out of the box, and I notice that “America” has become “this country” in a sample text, to forestall a subsequent and possibly demeaning “she” in the same paragraph. Angell misquotes slightly (and trivially). In a discussion of how to use but White originally recommended rewriting
Jan 22, 2015 · Both can mean the same thing, although "verb- outside the box" is the correct form these days because of the excessive use of the "verb- out of the box" phrase in technology (software/hardware etc.) Latter more likely to mean that the subject succeeds to do the verb immediately after installation/unboxing.
Apr 10, 2015 · "Right out of the box" means precisely that -- you took it out of the box (literal or figurative) and observed the mentioned behavior. Prior to that you'd essentially never seen this thing, whatever it is. "Right off the bat" has several (related) meanings, but Josh covers it pretty well. –
Apr 9, 2015 · "out of the box" meaning 'at once' is probably an allusion to horse racing, where a race goes from the starting stall's box to the finish line. So the phrase is an inversion of this, to evoke a failure so immediate it is as if the product failed from the very start of the race.
