Proprietary
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Proprietary indicates that a party, or proprietor, exercises private ownership, control or use over an item of property, usually to the exclusion of other parties.
A party may have interests which are similar to proprietary interests in relation to certain types of information (e.g. a creative literary work, or software), which is the subject of certain laws, such as copyright, patents or trademarks. One such way in which this manner is speech is often used is in reference to proprietary software.
Proprietary components are components that are unique to a specific manufacturer, and do not conform to preset standards.
[edit] Etymology
The word proprietary(private company) comes from the French propriétaire, from the Latin proprietarius. Compare with the Latin proprietas (property), and proprius (ownership).
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[edit] Sources and references
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain. passim
- WorldStatesmen- hereUSA
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