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Part of the Open source glossary: Also see open and Open Source. In information technology, proprietary describes a technology or product that is owned exclusively by a single company that carefully guards knowledge about the technology or the product's inner workings.n information technology, proprietary describes a technology or product that is owned exclusively by a single company that carefully guards knowledge about the technology or the product's inner workings.
Robert Loggins. Malware - Defined Short for âmalicious software.â Designed to infiltrate a system without ownerâs consent. General term that defines a variety of hostile, intrusive, or annoying program code. Creatorâs perceived intent defines software as malware.