"closed-source" meaning in English

See closed-source in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: closed source [alternative]
Etymology: From closed + source, in reference to source code. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|closed|source}} closed + source Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} closed-source (not comparable)
  1. (chiefly software) Whose constituent makeup, or source code, is not made publicly available. Tags: not-comparable Translations (Translations): مُغْلَق الْمَصْدَر (muḡlaq al-maṣdar) (Arabic), със затворен код (săs zatvoren kod) (Bulgarian), κλειστός κώδικας (kleistós kódikas) (Greek), código cerrado [masculine] (Spanish)

Alternative forms

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