white box
n.— «I think you have to consider that system builders—or white-box manufacturers, as they are commonly called—have often voiced frustration with Microsoft’s pricing policy toward them.…White boxes still make up a large number of the PC systems sold through the channel each year.» —“For System Builders, Having A Choice Of OS May No Longer Be Unthinkable” by Robert Faletra CRN May 26, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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