What does factory unlocked mean for iphone 5?

Does this mean i have to get it unlocked like the unlocked iphone 5 as well. What is the difference between a factory unlocked phone notice not from atandt and a unlocked iphone 5 from atat.

The factory unlocked phone means the phone was bought with no talk time packages or actually which can be used with any SIM by default.

The unlocked phone means the one which was locked to some operator and by default work with the SIM card bought from that operator, however subsequently the phone was unlocked and now available to be used with any SIM card from any company.

if I have an factory unlocked iPhone, to use with TracFone. What does it mean when it says unable to use TracFone data service/

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