Obsolete vs Eol - What's the difference?
obsolete | eol |
No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected (often by preference for something newer, which replaces the subject).
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(US)
End of line.
(computing) End of life: the point where hardware or software becomes obsolete or obsolescent and ceases to be supported by the maker.
As an adjective obsolete
is no longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected (often by preference for something newer, which replaces the subject).As a verb obsolete
is to cause to become obsolete.As an initialism EOL is
end of line.obsolete
English
Adjective
(en adjective)The attack of the MOOCs, passage=Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete .}}
Usage notes
* Nouns to which "obsolete" is often applied: word, phrase, equipment, computer, technology, weapon, machine, law, statute, currency, building, idea, skill, concept, custom, theory, tradition, institution.Synonyms
* (no longer in use) ancient, antiquated, antique, archaic, disused, neglected, old, old-fashioned, out of date * abortive, obscure, rudimentalDerived terms
* obsoletenessVerb
(obsolet)Oxford DictionaryTo cause to become obsolete.
- This software component has been obsoleted .
- We are in the process of obsoleting this product.
