BYOC

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BYOC

1. (video games) Initialism of bring your own computer (or console).
   • 2008, Michael Kane, Game Boys […] ‎^[1], Penguin, →ISBN:

     Across the partition is the pitch-black BYOC area. That's BYOC as in “bring your own computer.” A major gaming event like CPL Winter always consists of two separate attractions.

   • 2013, Todd Harper, The Culture of Digital Fighting Games: Performance and Practice, Routledge, →ISBN, page 81:

     That said, it's important to discuss the ways in which attendees—particularly those simply playing together on the demo stations and bring-your-own-console (BYOC) floor compared to the tournament matches—played socially.

2. (cloud computing) Initialism of bring your own cloud.
   • 2016, Eric Diehl, Ten Laws for Security, Springer, →ISBN, page 177:

     BYOC is easy to perform and, unfortunately, is convenient for employees. An employee just needs to enroll in a free Software as a Service (SaaS) offer to use it immediately.

3. (computing) Initialism of bring your own container.
   • 2021, Chris Fregly, Antje Barth, Data Science on AWS, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN:

     We can use bring your own container (BYOC) if the package or software we need is not included in a supported framework.

4. (sports) Initialism of be your own coach.
   • 2010, Janet Niemeier, Robert Karol, Therapists' Guide to Overcoming Grief and Loss After Brain Injury, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 33:

     Explain that the BYOC strategy is very simple. If they function as their own coach, and use the strategy, they will tell themselves what to do—before they do it, and talk to themselves in positive ways.