vendor-agnostic

adjective

Not tied to the products of a specific manufacturer.

“The vendor-agnostic solution could be implemented with any off-the-shelf hardware.”

OriginEnglish agnostic ← Ancient Greek γνωστῐκός (gnōstĭkós) ← Proto-Hellenic *ə- →
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Meanings

adjectivevendor-agnostic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot tied to the products of a specific manufacturer.

    The vendor-agnostic solution could be implemented with any off-the-shelf hardware.

nounvendor-agnostic (plural vendor-agnostics)

plural vendor-agnostics

  1. An independent consultant who will recommend products from several companies.

Origin

  1. Englishvendor
  2. Ancient Greekἄγνωστος (ágnōstos)
  3. Proto-Indo-European*né
  4. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  5. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  6. Ancient Greekἀ- (a-)
  7. Englisha-
  8. Ancient Greekγνωστῐκός (gnōstĭkós)
  9. EnglishGnostic
  10. Englishagnostic
  11. Englishvendor-agnostic

From vendor + agnostic.

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Chicago

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