:proprietary: adj. 1. In {marketroid}-speak, superior; implies a
product imbued with exclusive magic by the unmatched brilliance of
the company's own hardware or software designers. 2. In the
language of hackers and users, inferior; implies a product not
conforming to open-systems standards, and thus one that puts the
customer at the mercy of a vendor able to gouge freely on service
and upgrade charges after the initial sale has locked the customer
in.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
product imbued with exclusive magic by the unmatched brilliance of
the company's own hardware or software designers. 2. In the
language of hackers and users, inferior; implies a product not
conforming to open-systems standards, and thus one that puts the
customer at the mercy of a vendor able to gouge freely on service
and upgrade charges after the initial sale has locked the customer
in.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- proprietary adj.
1. In marketroid-speak, superior;
implies a product imbued with exclusive magic by the... - under the hood: [hot-rodder talk] prep. 1. Used to introduce
the underlying implementation of a product (hardware,
software, or idea). Implies that the implementation... - well-connected: adj. Said of a computer installation,
asserts that it has reliable email links with the... - brain-damaged: 1. [generalization of `Honeywell Brain Damage'
(HBD),
a theoretical disease invented to explain certain utter... - clean: 1. adj. Used of hardware or software designs,
implies `elegance in the small', that is, a design... - well-behaved: adj. 1. [primarily {{MS-DOS}}] Said of software
conforming to system interface guidelines and standards.
Well-behaved software uses the operating system to... - under the hood adj.
[hot-rodder talk] 1. Used to introduce the
underlying implementation of a product (hardware,
software, or idea). Implies that the implementation... - cuspy: /kuhs'pee/ [WPI: from the {DEC} abbreviation CUSP,
for `Commonly Used System Program', i.e., a utility... - marketroid: /mar'k*-troyd/ alt. `marketing slime',
`marketeer',
`marketing droid', `marketdroid'. n. A member of...
From the same category:
- There are no answers at best a few possibly good
guesses... - The time it takes to rectify a situation is inversely
proportional to the time it took to do the damage.
Example 1: It takes longer to glue a vase together... - PREFERENCE, n. A sentiment, or frame of mind, induced by the
erroneous belief that one thing is better than another.
An ancient philosopher, expounding his conviction that... - Do Not Disturb signs should be written in the language
of the hotel maids... - I grew up Catholic. Then I grew up.
--
Chris Pirillo (chris@lockergnome...
