proprietary format

collocation in English

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proprietary
adjective[before noun]
uk
/prəˈpraɪə.tər.i/us
/prəˈpraɪə.ter.i/
relating to owning something, or relating to or like ...
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format
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈfɔː.mæt/us
/ˈfɔːr.mæt/
a pattern, plan, ...
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(Definition ofproprietaryandformatfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The printer should have two different threads: one for managing the requests in postscript format and the other for managing the requests inproprietaryformat.
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Several prominent email clients use their ownproprietaryformatand require conversion software to transfer email between them.
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It is aproprietaryformat; manufacturers must pay a small royalty to be allowed to support it.
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Some security companies are reluctant to offer anything other than theirproprietaryformat.
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Images and documents are all stored in aproprietaryformat.
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It uses makefiles written in aproprietaryformat.
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A raw image is the unprocessed set of pixel data directly from the camera's sensor, often saved in aproprietaryformat.
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Specific projects may convert the images to aproprietaryformatused internally by their game.
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Unlike most programming environments, project source code is not by default stored in plain text files, but in aproprietaryformatembedded in the project file itself.
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Or a "proprietaryformat" is a file format whose encoding is in fact published, but is restricted (through licences) such that only the company itself or licencees may use it.
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The cost database may be stored in a relational database management system, which may be in either an open orproprietaryformat, serving the data to the cost estimating software.
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For example, a user may need to transfer information from a database program that stores data in aproprietaryformat, to a spreadsheet that uses a completely different format.
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For design and manufacturing knowledge integration there are many stakeholders, some of which would rather see knowledge remain in proprietary formats and systems.
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Adoption was limited by the competition between proprietary formats and the need to buy expensive drives for computers where the disks would be used.
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Specifically, it is able to read many of the vendor-specific, proprietary formats and converting the data into an open data format.
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An important issue their reports address is dealing with the complexity of multiple map suppliers, using proprietary formats, coupled with multiple data suppliers and multiple versions of in-vehicles maps.
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Proprietary formats are typically controlled by a company or organization for its own benefits, and the restriction of its use by others is ensured through patents or as trade secrets.
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