proprietary

(adjective)

Manufactured exclusively by the owner of intellectual property rights (IPR), as with a patent or trade secret.

Related Terms

Examples of proprietary in the following topics:

  • Graphing on Computers and Calculators

    • Both open source computer and proprietary programs can be used for this purpose.
    • Mathematica is an example of proprietary computational software program used in scientific, engineering, and mathematical fields and other areas of technical computing.