智能手機、PAD、電腦等個人智能設備的廣泛使用，正在改變著我們的世界，不僅豐富了人們的娛樂生活，也成為學習、工作的好幫手。帶著自己的“愛機” 即bring your own device去上課、上班已經漸漸成為當下一種流行趨勢。

Bring your own device (BYOD) means the policy of permitting employees to bring personally owned mobile devices (laptops, tablets, and smart phones) to their workplace, and use those devices to access privileged company information and applications. The term is also used to describe the same practice applied to students using personally owned devices in education settings.

自帶設備辦公（BYOD）指一些企業允許員工攜帶自己的筆記本電腦、平板電腦、智能手機等移動終端設備到辦公場所，并可以用這些設備獲取公司內部信息、使用企業特許應用的一種政策。這個術語還可以用來形容學生在教育場所使用個人自帶智能設備的行為。

BYOD is making significant inroads in the business world, with about 60% of employees already using their own technology at work. In most cases, businesses simply can't block the trend. Some believe that BYOD may help employees be more productive. Others say it increases employee morale and convenience by using their own devices and makes the company look like a flexible and attractive employer.

自帶設備辦公已經在商界取得重大進展，有60%的員工已經在工作中使用自己的技術設備。在多數情況下，企業根本難以阻止這個趨勢。有人認為自帶設備辦公會提高員工的工作效率，還有人認為使用自己的設備能鼓舞士氣、方便員工，從而讓公司顯得既靈活又有魅力。

BYOD first entered in 2009, courtesy of Intel when it recognized an increasing tendency among its employees to bring their own devices to work and connect them to the corporate network. According to research by Logicalis, high-growth markets (including Brazil, Russia, India, UAE, and Malaysia) demonstrate a much higher propensity to use their own device at work. Almost 75% of users in these countries did so, compared to 44% in the more mature developed markets.

BYOD一詞最初于2009年出現，源于因特爾公司當時發現越來越多的公司員工攜帶自己的設備上班并將其連接公司內部網。根據國際IT解決方案和管理服務提供商Logicalis的調研，高增長市場（包括巴西、俄羅斯、印度、阿拉伯聯合酋長國和馬來西亞）更偏好自帶設備辦公。這些國家近75%的企業員工都會這樣做，相比之下，在更加成熟發達的經濟體，這一比例則是44% 。

(Source：wordspy.com &Wikipedia)

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