proprietary software

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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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software
noun[U]
uk
/ˈsɒft.weər/us
/ˈsɑːft.wer/
the instructions that control what a computer does; ...
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(Definition ofproprietaryandsoftwarefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Information on the number of lines of source code used in theproprietarysoftwarepackages is known only to the supplier.
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One perception about open source software is that it is less secure thanproprietarysoftware, but that is not true.
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The contract offers a comprehensive range of software to the national health service, at competitive prices, from a number ofproprietarysoftwareand specialist software resellers.
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Proprietarysoftwareuses a different business model, where a customer of theproprietarysoftwarepays a fee for a license to use the software.
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It is worth mentioning that the laws are believed to apply mainly to monolithic,proprietarysoftware.
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Structural capital includes processes, patents, and trademarks, as well as the organizations image, organization, information system, andproprietarysoftwareand databases.
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Some adherents to the free-software movement do not believe thatproprietarysoftwareis strictly immoral.
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The free software movement also rejectsproprietarysoftware, refusing to install software that does not give them the freedoms of free software.
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The raw data are analyzed by theproprietarysoftware, and the fluorescence intensity ratios between the two bead types are calculated.
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While there are many tools available, many of them are highly specialized and requireproprietarysoftwareinstalled on both the client and server side.
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Stallman then, in 1984, proceeded to work towards eradicating this emerging behavior and culture ofproprietarysoftware, which he named "software hoarding".
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Since innovative companies no longer rely heavily on software sales,proprietarysoftwarehas become less of a necessity.
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It is still a commercial product, and can be used to createproprietarysoftware.
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Mostproprietarysoftwarewill ultimately reach an end-of-life point, at which the supplier will cease updates and support.
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It isproprietarysoftwarefor use at medical facilities using a digital radiology imaging system.
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In 2004, some professional robotic telescopes were characterized by a lack of design creativity and a reliance on closed source andproprietarysoftware.
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To discourage competitors from making compatible products, publishers ofproprietarysoftwareoften keep the details of their programs' serialization formats a trade secret.
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It is licensed as a web-hostedproprietarysoftware.
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