Though ermine and vair were the only two furs known to early armory, other variations of these developed later. Ermines is the reverse of ermine â a field sable seme semÃ© of-ermine spots. Argent it is sometimes called-counter (ermine. cf
PROPRIETARY INFORMATION. Proprietary information, also known as a trade secret, is information that a company wishes to keep confidential or protect from those outside the company.
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.