Term used among some IT folks to refer to computers with a freshly installed operating system. The term greenfield references the default desktop wallpaper on a computer installed with Windows XP. The wallpaper shows a nice green field.
A "non-greenfield" computer refers to a used computer which has been in use for a while where the user may have made changes to it, additional software, drivers, etc have been installed
A "non-greenfield" computer refers to a used computer which has been in use for a while where the user may have made changes to it, additional software, drivers, etc have been installed
This laptop was totally greenfield yesterday! Who's the numbnut who installed the entire stupid HP Printer software suite
This software can be applied to a non-greenfield computer, i.e. we don't have to start from scratch
This software can be applied to a non-greenfield computer, i.e. we don't have to start from scratch
by RESguru October 14, 2009