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| Reference: Definitions Reference information: BusinessDictionary.com: proprietary standard = privately owned standard widely emulated or followed in an industry due to its owner's market power, but not officially approved by an independent standards body such as ISO http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/proprietary-sta... Computer Desktop Encyclopedia (2011): proprietary standards = specifications for hardware or software that are controlled by one company. When a proprietary standard such as Windows is widely used, it becomes a "de facto" standard even though it is not governed by a standards organization. http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/proprietary stand... Contrast with open standards = specifications for hardware or software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced with that of another vendor. Although many vendors may have contributed to an open standard, and one may have contributed more than others and even have great influence, an open standard is not completely controlled by a single vendor http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/open standards Related terms: http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/closed system http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/open system http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/open source http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/de facto standard |
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