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Refers to a network or service that either restricts or makes it difficult for users to obtain applications or content from external sources. Cable TV and satellite TV are walled gardens, offering a finite number of channels and programs to their subscribers. When AOL was king of the ISPs, it did an excellent job of keeping users on AOL-affiliated sites more than other sites.

Cellular carriers have traditionally been walled gardens with regard to both hardware and software. Only certain phones are offered, and even with access to the entire Web, there is typically only one browser available. Other applications are also selected by the carrier.

In 2007, Apple's iPhone was a walled garden with a basic set of applications. Soon after, Apple opened the iPhone, encouraging third-party developers to write applications as long as they are approved by Apple. Thus, the wall was broken, but not entirely (see jailbreak). Google's Android platform is the first cellular system that is neither tied to approved applications nor to one brand of hardware. See iPhone and Android.

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Any organization can filter URLs and create a walled garden for its employees, preventing them from casually surfing the Web. Likewise, a computer can be set up to keep children from Web sites deemed inappropriate by their parents.

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com Walled gardens are enjoying a revival in enthusiasm, with old ones being renovated and new ones created.

The Walled Garden by California Bookwatch

com 1-212-529-2270 Walled gardens have been around from the very beginnings of human horticulture in just about every recorded civilization that we have an archaeological record.

The Walled Garden by Internet Bookwatch

WALLED garden group director Keith Draper said: "It is a very rare and important garden as it is Georgian and most walled gardens are Victorian.

Digging into the past to unearth clues by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)

Wallace, Henry A.

Wallace, Henry Agard

Wallace, Henry Cantwell

Wallace, Joe

Wallace, John Hankins

Wallace, Lew

Wallace, Lewis

Wallace, Lila Acheson

Wallace, Mike