closed source

Adjective

Meaning

closed source (not comparable)

Alternative spelling of closed-source

closed-source (not comparable)

(chiefly software) Whose constituent makeup, or source code, is not made publicly available.

Alternative names

closed-source

Antonyms

Examples

Consequently, an IBM mainframe with Linux on z Systems is marketed as being more of an open system than commodity computers using closed-source Microsoft Windows —or even those using Unix, despite its open systems heritage. Source: Internet

Under the zlib License, SDL 2.0 is freely available for static linking in closed-source projects, unlike SDL 1.2. citation SDL is extensively used in the industry in both large and small projects. Source: Internet

But this class of vulnerabilities are especially interesting from the reverse engineers perspective on closed-source platforms, as traditional means of vulnerability research (e.g. stress testing with tools like Retina) fail to detect these problems. Source: Internet

There's also some academic papers published, where they compare Rasa to some of these closed-source tools from Google and Microsoft. Source: Internet

Once OpenOffice.org appeared in 1999, there was little demand for a proprietary, closed-source project like WordPerfect. Source: Internet

The author retains copyright solely to disclaim warranty and require proper attribution of modified works, and permits redistribution and any modification, even closed-source ones. Source: Internet

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