total cost of ownership (TCO)
Definition 1
General: Estimate of all direct and indirect costs associated with an asset or acquisition over its entire life cycle.
Definition 2
Computer systems: Total of direct capital investment in hardware and software plus indirect costs of installation, training, repairs, downtime, technical support, and upgrading. Also called cost of ownership or ownership cost.
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total cost of ownership (TCO) is in the Accounting & Auditing and Computer Hardware, Software, & Security subjects.
total cost of ownership (TCO) appears in the definitions of the following terms: thin client, cost of ownership and Linux
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