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proprietary
(redirected from Proprietaryship)

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Private. Proprietary hardware and software are owned and controlled by a single organization or individual. Contrast with open.

1.proprietary - In marketroid-speak, superior; implies a product imbued with exclusive magic by the unmatched brilliance of the company's own hardware or software designers.
2.proprietary - In the language of hackers and users, inferior; implies a product not conforming to open-systems standards, and thus one that puts the customer at the mercy of a vendor who can inflate service and upgrade charges after the initial sale has locked the customer in.


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