walled garden
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- noun
- /wɔld ˈɡɑrdən/
- Jargon
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jardín amurallado
- The walled garden created by the app prohibits users from accessing other websites for information.
- Apple's walled garden
And yeah, like YouTube, Facebook, there's so many gigantic walled gardens that are never gonna.
- And yeah, like YouTube, Facebook, there's so many gigantic walled gardens that are never gonna.
Examples
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Twitter could make more money by running ads there than in its own walled garden media property.
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Folks, Facebook is basically a walled garden.
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Or will it gain enough support to become a real alternative to the walled gardens that currently make up the social web?
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In other words, Murdoch is perfectly free to create a walled garden.
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Some are using them to create or reinforce walled gardens; others are trying to force certain markets to become or remain more open.
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I still love the podcast even though I have sacrificed my freedom in favor of the walled garden.
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Brands are looking more horizontally and not within the walled gardens of a publisher.
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Now, though, it looks like Twitter envies Facebook's walled garden and wants to emulate it.
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Many companies build their services within a walled garden, limiting user access to only their content.
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Users often find that a walled garden restricts their ability to connect with platforms outside its ecosystem.
Synonyms
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A separate area on a computer that keeps a program away from the rest of the system
Antonyms
How Restricted
- Jargon
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- Specialized
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- Specialized
- Texting
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The words 'walled' (enclosed) and 'garden' (a contained area) together transparently suggest an enclosed or restricted space, so a learner could infer a sense of limitation or control. However, applying that enclosure metaphor to the specialized digital/platform sense (controlled access, data restriction) is figurative and domain-specific, so the precise technological meaning and usage may not be fully predictable without prior exposure.
Etymology
The phrase walled garden comes from the picture of a garden surrounded by high walls that keep people and plants inside and strangers out. So in tech a walled garden means a 'closed' online space where the owner controls the content and keeps users inside.