proprietor

a person who owns a business or property

Bill Gates is the proprietor of Windows.

by Charlemagne57 September 13, 2014

propriety

Socially and morally acceptable behaviour
Correct or appropriate behavior

Proper young ladies always act with propriety and never talk dirty.

by Gustavo de la Piedra July 7, 2008

proprietary software

Proprietary software is software that you are not free to use, copy, modify, and study as you like. It's a form of abuse of users, which sucks and makes people depressed; it gives suits power over creatives.

Skype is extremely proprietary software.

by your real name! June 29, 2009

proprietarded

The seemingly pointless use of proprietary hardware to achieve the same purpose as other more common or open-standard solutions.

The Apple Display Connector was a proprietarded way for Apple to make the G4 Cube not have so many cables going from the computer to the display and keyboard. It combined USB, power and video into one cable.

by existenzkampf December 17, 2008

proprietress

A female Proprietor.

A female who owns a retail shop.

by Pavan S Rao January 27, 2005

proprietary software

Software that is not free software or semi-free software (the same thing as free software except that it can only be used for non-profit things).

Windows is an example of proprietary software.

by a thing June 26, 2005

proprietary software

Something said to be evil, yet nobody knows why.

Software developed by Microsoft is proprietary software, so it's evil.

by Ferreira April 3, 2009