(idea) by Art Tatum Thu Jul 20 2000 at 21:41:29
This means that something meets your expectations without (excessive) configuration. For example, when someone says, "FreeBSD is secure out of the box," they mean that FreeBSD is secure with very little twiddling of options.

The saying is derived from taking a product out of the "box" (shipping material) that it is packed in.

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