AOL Instant Messenger ( AIM ) is an instant messaging and presence computer program which uses the proprietary OSCAR instant messaging protocol and the TOC protocol to allow registered users to communicate in real time.

Digital Access Signalling System 1 ( DASS1 ) is a proprietary protocol defined by British Telecom to provide ISDN services in the United Kingdom.

In early 2001, variations on the protocol ( first implemented in proprietary and closed source clients ) allowed an improvement in scalability.

For example, Microsoft's Outlook client uses a proprietary protocol to communicate with a Microsoft Exchange Server server as does IBM's Notes client when communicating with a Domino server, but all of these products also support POP, IMAP, and outgoing SMTP.

IGRP is a proprietary protocol.

AOL's OSCAR network protocol used by ICQ is proprietary and using a third party client is a violation of ICQ Terms of Service, nevertheless a number of third-party clients have been created by using reverse-engineering and protocol descriptions.

* Palringo: Supports various protocols such as AIM, Yahoo !, MSN, XMPP, Google Talk, Gadu-Gadu, ICQ, Facebook IM, as well as its own proprietary IM protocol under the same name ;

The Internet Engineering Task Force's RTP MIDI open specification is gaining industry support, as proprietary MIDI / IP protocols require expensive licensing fees, or provide no advantage, apart from speed, over the original MIDI protocol.

In fact, the existence of these types of networks discourages dominance of the market by one company, as it creates pressures which work against one company attempting to establish a proprietary protocol or to even distinguish itself by means of product differentiation.

* GNET-an early proprietary LAN protocol

* NCR WaveLAN-an early proprietary wireless network protocol

NetMD is a proprietary protocol, and it is currently impossible to use it without proprietary software, such as SonicStage.

Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol-( EIGRP ) is a Cisco proprietary routing protocol loosely based on their original IGRP.

It is a Cisco proprietary protocol that runs on port UDP / 4500.

), each with its own proprietary protocol and client ; users therefore had to run multiple client applications if they wished to use more than one of these networks.

and Microsoft ) have failed, and each continues to use its own proprietary protocol.

The first version of RealAudio used a proprietary protocol called PNA or PNM to send streaming audio data.

The actual audio data is sent with their own proprietary RDT protocol, which they initially kept secret.

Consequently, the VBE standard has almost never been used for writing a video card's drivers ; each vendor has thus had to invent a proprietary protocol for communicating with its own video card.

A notable proprietary implementation is the Skype protocol, which is in part based on the principles of peer-to-peer ( P2P ) networking.

For example, Skype uses a proprietary protocol to route calls through other Skype peers on the network, allowing it to traverse symmetric NATs and firewalls.

AutoCAD was derived from a program called Interact, which was written in a proprietary language ( SPL ) by inventor Michael Riddle.

At the time Blowfish was released, many other designs were proprietary, encumbered by patents or were commercial / government secrets.

After a long history as proprietary software, it was released as free software on 6 August 2012, under the GNU Lesser General Public License.

The 1541 used a proprietary bit-serial derivative of the standardized IEEE-488 parallel interface, which was used on Commodore's earlier drives for the PET / CBM range of personal / business computers.

The company's first product to be exported around the world was the 113, with a proprietary four-cylinder engine.

Because Ethernet was able to adapt to market realities and shift to inexpensive and ubiquitous twisted pair wiring, these proprietary protocols soon found themselves competing in a market inundated by Ethernet products and by the end of the 1980s, Ethernet was clearly the dominant network technology.

It was originally a proprietary language within Ericsson, but was released as open source in 1998.

Initially developed ( though not publicly released ) on the Atari ST, the first commercial release was for the 16-bit Microsoft MS-DOS platform and was proprietary.

Craig ported his original Atari implementation to the 16-bit Microsoft MS-DOS platform and Euphoria was first released ( version 1. 0 ) in July, 1993 under a proprietary licence.

It was announced in September 1988 by a consortium of PC clone vendors ( the " Gang of Nine ") as a counter to IBM's use of its proprietary Micro Channel architecture ( MCA ) in its PS / 2 series.

EISA was much favoured by manufacturers due to the proprietary nature of MCA, and even IBM produced some machines supporting it.

The goal was to establish a common format from which the proprietary formats of the EDA systems could be derived.

One of the tactics used by these companies to " capture " their customers was their proprietary databases.

Specifically, in these enclaves, the federal government may have proprietary jurisdiction ( only the rights of any other landowner ), concurrent jurisdiction ( the right to legislate concurrently with the state government ), or exclusive jurisdiction over the land where an act was committed in order to establish jurisdiction over the actor.

Opera was somewhat faster, but it was proprietary software distributed in trialware and adware versions, both of which lacked some of the functionality of the Microsoft Windows version.

As of July 2010, the FDA was considering banning some hydrocodone and oxycodone fixed-combination proprietary prescription drugs — based on the paracetamol content and the widespread occurrence of liver problems.

HP believed that it was no longer cost-effective for individual enterprise systems companies such as itself to develop proprietary microprocessors, so it partnered with Intel in 1994 to develop the IA-64 architecture, derived from EPIC.

Maryland was a proprietary colony, and Hanson aligned himself with the " popular " or " country " party, which opposed any expansion of the power of the proprietary governors at the expense of the popularly elected lower house.

As KornShell was initially only available through a proprietary license from AT & T, a number of free and open source alternatives were created.

* Ultra Fractal-A proprietary fractal generator for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X based systems

The site promotes mobile applications branded as Geocaching Live Enabled, and lists over two dozen applications ( both mobile and browser / desktop based ) that are using their proprietary but royalty-free public API.

The reason he explains is based on Unix becoming a proprietary software.

There is also proprietary software based on plug-ins that bypasses the client ’ s browsers version, these are often WYSIWYG but with the option of using the software ’ s scripting language.

HP-UX ( Hewlett-Packard UniX ) is Hewlett-Packard's proprietary implementation of the Unix operating system, based on UNIX System V ( initially System III ) and first released in 1984.

Earlier versions of HP-UX supported the HP Integral PC and HP 9000 Series 200, 300, and 400 computer systems based on the Motorola 68000 series of processors, as well as the HP 9000 Series 500 computers based on HP's proprietary FOCUS processor architecture.

* Natural Color System ( NCS ), Munsell color system, and other proprietary color spaces where most consumers use swatches to make color decisions ; unlike Pantone, these systems are based on underlying color models rather than pigment mixtures.

The source code of the suite was released in July 2000, creating a free, open source office suite called OpenOffice. org, which subsequent versions of StarOffice were based on, with additional proprietary components.

The Flyer used a proprietary Wavelet compression algorithm known as VTASC, which was well regarded at the time for offering better visual quality than comparable Motion JPEG based non-linear editing systems.

FrameMaker has more or less kept up with the times in supporting new standards such as XML and WebDAV, but at heart it is a proprietary single-desktop-oriented system based on a binary file format.

Even many video game consoles, such as the Sega Genesis, included expansion buses ; at least in the case of the Genesis, the expansion bus was proprietary, and in fact the cartridge slots of many cartridge based consoles ( not including the Atari 2600 ) would qualify as expansion buses, as they exposed both read and write capabilities of the system's internal bus.

While these services are at least theoretically based on open standards ( DVB-S, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 ), the majority of services are encrypted and require proprietary decoder hardware.

These 5000-series systems were based on Motorola 680xx CPUs and supported NCR's proprietary transaction processing system TMX, which was mainly used by financial institutions.

This service used ICL's proprietary " Bulletin " software which was based on the Prestel standard but provided many additional facilities such as the ability to run additional software for specific applications.

Microsoft software carries a high level of vendor lock-in, based on its extensive set of proprietary APIs.

An IDM supplier's ASIC product is based in large part on proprietary technology such as design tools, IP, packaging, and usually although not necessarily the process technology.

The Flyer used a proprietary Wavelet compression algorithm known as VTASC, which was well regarded at the time for offering better visual quality than comparable Motion JPEG based non-linear editing systems.

SSA also announced an early and proprietary form of web services, based on the re-developed Newi, called " Semantic Message Gateways ", or SMG.

The first Novell product was a proprietary hardware server based on Motorola 6800 CPU supporting 6 MUX ports per board for a maximum of 4 boards per server using a star topology with twisted pair cabling.

An exception to this rule are the proprietary cartridges used by U. S. maker Lazzeroni, which are named based on the groove diameter in millimeters, such as the 7. 82 Warbird.