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is installed vs gets installed

Both "is installed" and "gets installed" are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "Is installed" is passive voice, indicating that something has been installed without specifying who or what did the installation. "Gets installed" is active voice, indicating that something is in the process of being installed by someone or something.

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is installed

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used in passive voice to indicate that something has been installed without specifying the agent of the action.

Examples:

The software is installed on the computer.
The new equipment is installed in the factory.

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This calibration shall be performed while the flow-meter is installed in its permanent position.
ATB first generation is installed on the vast majority of lines of NS.
Make sure 'gdb' is installed on the system.
Check if the 'dpkg-dev' package is installed.
And a miniature, transistorised version is installed in his neck.
Whether the SCAMIN functionality (the minimum scale at which the feature may be used for ECDIS presentation) is installed correctly shall be tested.
TVM is installed on high-speed lines of RFF.
The ultravibrate gravity system is installed.
The experimental ultravibrate gravity system is installed on this car.
the location where the lift is installed;
The leak component under pre-conditioning or under test is installed in the sealed enclosure.
The device is installed in X-ray cameras to generate images.
These instructions must be capable of being read horizontally when the object containing the PCTs is installed in the normal way.
Use KNotes to create notes if it is installed.
Please check that'dot 'is installed (package GraphViz).
Cannot find the PPP daemon. Make sure that pppd is installed.
K3b uses transcode to rip Video DVDs. Please make sure it is installed.
Make sure that the samba package is installed properly on your system.
Checking if your TeX system is installed correctly...
And once this device is installed, which will you save?

Alternatives:

has been installed
was installed
has installed
has been put in place
has been set up

gets installed

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used in active voice to indicate that something is in the process of being installed by someone or something.

Examples:

The new software gets installed automatically.
The security system gets installed by professionals.

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Dom gets snatched up two days after that camera gets installed?
In order to make it easy for you, we have provided a simple script called startkde which gets installed in $KDEDIR/ bin and is therefore in your path.
And when exactly were they going to get installed?
Try to get DSL installed in your house.
It gets worse - someone installed malware on Taylor's phone.
We'll get a system installed.
Get her installed. whatever she needs!
Once we get the Patriot installed, it'll take me nine... ten minutes for the takedown.
That's if you ever get a phone installed.
Okay, I'll speak with Ellis, but get your software installed.
If Hunter and I cover you, how fast do you think you can get those power cells installed?
May I ask you to get a television monitor installed here as soon as possible so that we can keep abreast of what is going on whilst we are sitting here.
I have to get some new sprinklers and a backup security system installed.
And so I arranged, through the Scientology's consigliere, to get a private investigator who physically installed a wiretap on her home.
This morning, she installed a crucifix in our shower so that I wouldn't "get any ideas." - Ahh.
Cannot get debconf version. Is debconf installed?
The speed, power, and handling you need had better come factory installed because if the wrong person gets curious, it could mean a bullet to the head.
They installed the camera to get the code from the safe, and then they swapped the prince's bling with counterfeit.
The black box that they installed had to get through security, right?
To get past the electronic shield that was installed in the store, this device was wired to a small satellite dish on the roof.

Alternatives:

is being installed
is getting installed
is put in place
is being set up
is being implemented

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