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tivoize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tivoize
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

(of a hardware system) To use software under the terms of a copyleft software license, but at the same time to impose a hardware limitations to prevent users from running the modified versions of this software on that hardware, which should be allowed under the terms of the same license.

Transitive verb

Usage

Inflected Forms

tivoizes (present, singular) tivoizing (participle, present) tivoized (participle, past) tivoized (past)

Frequently Paired Words

tivoization

Questions

What does tivoize mean?
(of a hardware system) To use software under the terms of a copyleft software license, but at the same time to impose a hardware limitations to prevent users from running the modified versions of this software on that hardware, which should be allowed under the terms of the same license.

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