USA, English. Property is a noun, which may be used as an adjective to indicate what kind of rights are involved. In the context of intellectual property, proprietary is an adjective meaning privately owned and not publicly available. (Propriety is the state of being proper, and is not related to property. There is a possibility that intellectual propriety is considered as a specific legal term in which propriety IS directly equivalent to property, but I wasn't able to find any evidence to support that theory. john_riemann_soong said: ↑. Mind you, the original and true meaning of propriety *is* property. Dong as in ding-dong is clearly onomatopoetic as confirmed by etymonline.com : ding dong. imitative of the sound of a bell, c.1560. and similarly for ding : ding (v.). 1819, to sound as metal when struck, possibly abstracted from ding-dong, of imitative origin. [now obs.] A security or copy protection device for proprietary software consisting of a serialized EPROM and some drivers in a D-25 connector shell, which must be connected to an I/O port of the computer while the program is run. The noun sense is from letters patent. More. The word patent comes via Old French from the Latin ‘lying open’ from the verb patere. In early use it was found in the phrase letters patent, an open document issued by a monarch to record a contract or confer a privilege. It also meant more generally ‘open to view’. Use of the word to denote a licence to manufacture a commodity dates from the late 16th century. Obtain a patent for (an invention): an invention is not your own until it is patented. More example sentences. 1  Ben has patented his invention and a Sheffield company has already shown interest in developing the device. The open source code that you or your developer is about to take for your proprietary project is likely to be copyrighted. Whether it is federally registered or not, it is copyrighted the minute it is fixed in a tangible medium of expression. This concern applies to proprietary code that you don’t own the copyright to as well, and not abiding by the terms of non-FOSS licenses will probably result in far worse things happening to you, and is much more likely to end in a lawsuit. ‘Beware of foreign code’ would probably be more appropriate. The cost of filing a copyright application is $45, and if you hire an attorney to do it for you the total cost is under $350 and that would include at least some consultation via telephone to explain what you are getting. This concern applies to proprietary code that you don’t own the copyright to as well, and not abiding by the terms of non-FOSS licenses will probably result in far worse things happening to you, and is much more likely to end in a lawsuit. ‘Beware of foreign code’ would probably be more appropriate. You would purchase the word lists only if any of the following is true. You intend to edit the word list by deleting many words, creating a subset of the words, etc. (You don't necessarily need the word list if you intend to add words only, since you can add words to a text dictionary you open with the main dictionary. Examples of PROPRIETARY. 1  The investors have a proprietary interest in the land. 2  The computer comes with the manufacturer's proprietary software. “ 3  Merriam-Webster ” is a proprietary name. 4  The journalist tried to get access to proprietary information. 1 It is a proprietary faith: no one better tell me what to do with my own land. — 2 Lance Morrow, Time, 11 Sept. 2000. 3  Many veterans have adopted a proprietary attitude toward the war, and they can get a bit belligerent about it. 2. : something that is used, produced, or marketed under exclusive legal right of the inventor or maker; specifically: a drug (as a patent medicine) that is protected by secrecy, patent, or copyright against free competition as to name, product, composition, or process of manufacture. 3. 1 It is a proprietary faith: no one better tell me what to do with my own land. — 2 Lance Morrow, Time, 11 Sept. 2000. 3  Many veterans have adopted a proprietary attitude toward the war, and they can get a bit belligerent about it. A word list is a set of words in an editable text format. You can view and modify a word list using a text editor or word processor. A compressed dictionary contains a set of words that has been compressed to reduce the amount of disk space and memory required to hold it. You intend to edit the word list by deleting many words, creating a subset of the words, etc. (You don't necessarily need the word list if you intend to add words only, since you can add words to a text dictionary you open with the main dictionary.
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