Orphan Product (Dictionary Entry)
Orphan Product
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Orphan
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Definition 1 IT Service Management
A IT product that is no longer supported or whose editor or manufacturer ceased to exist.
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2. a computer product that is no longer supported by its manufacturer, or whose manufacturer is out of business. For example, the Amiga is now an orphan computer.
(Downing et al., 2009, p. 345)
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