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Discussion Groups / British English / August 2004how to translate this?
" right out of the box", what's the meaning? the whole sentence is below: Apache was one of the first servers to support IP-based virtual hosts right out of the box thx >" right out of the box", what's the meaning? the whole sentence is below: >Apache was one of the first servers to support IP-based virtual hosts right >out of the box It means that the product in question needs no configuration by the user before it will work. In other words all you have to do is to take it out of the packaging - "out of the box".  SignatureJohn Hall "Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes." Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) Thx, this idiom is very interesting. > >" right out of the box", what's the meaning? the whole sentence is below: > >Apache was one of the first servers to support IP-based virtual hosts right [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > before it will work. In other words all you have to do is to take it out > of the packaging - "out of the box". |
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