proprietary (redirected from proprietarily)

proprietary

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

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proprietary

1. of, relating to, or belonging to property or proprietors

2. Med of or denoting a drug or agent manufactured and distributed under a trade name

3. Med a proprietary drug or agent

4. a proprietor or proprietors collectively

5. 

a. right to property

b. property owned

6. (in Colonial America) an owner, governor, or grantee of a proprietary colony

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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.