English edit

Etymology edit

Clipping of off premises.

Adjective edit

off-prem (not comparable)

  1. (computing) Located outside the premises of an organization, typically in the cloud.
    Antonym: on-prem
    • 2017, “Private Cloud Security”, in John R. Vacca, editor, Computer and Information Security Handbook, Morgan Kaufmann, →ISBN, page 931:
      Companies and organizations are increasingly shifting their computer infrastructure resources from on-premises (on-prem) to off-premises (off-prem) cloud service models.