tivoize

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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.

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Meanings

verbtivoize (third-person singular simple present tivoizes, present participle tivoizing, simple past and past participle tivoized)

present singular third person tivoizes · participle present tivoizing · participle past tivoized · past tivoized

  1. transitivecomputing(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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APA

tivoize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tivoize

MLA

“tivoize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tivoize. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tivoize,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tivoize.

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