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  2. Closed platform - Wikipedia

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    Closed platform. A closed platform, walled garden, or closed ecosystem [1] [2] is a software system wherein the carrier or service provider has control over applications, content, and/or media, and restricts convenient access to non-approved applicants or content. This is in contrast to an open platform, wherein consumers generally have ...

  3. Wi-Fi hotspot - Wikipedia

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    t. e. A diagram showing a Wi-Fi network. A hotspot is a physical location where people can obtain Internet access, typically using Wi-Fi technology, via a wireless local-area network (WLAN) using a router connected to an Internet service provider . Public hotspots may be created by a business for use by customers, such as coffee shops or hotels.

  4. Walled garden - Wikipedia

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    A walled garden is a garden enclosed by high walls, especially when this is done for horticultural rather than security purposes, although originally all gardens may have been enclosed for protection from animal or human intruders. In temperate climates, especially colder areas, such as Scotland, the essential function of the walling of a ...

  5. Kwangmyong (network) - Wikipedia

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    Kwangmyong (network) Kwangmyong (광명 lit. 'Bright Light') [1] [2] is a North Korean "walled garden" national intranet service [3] opened in the early 2000s. The Kwangmyong intranet system stands in contrast to the global Internet in North Korea, which is available to fewer people in the country.

  6. Hortus conclusus - Wikipedia

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    Hortus conclusus is a Latin term, meaning literally "enclosed garden". Both words in hortus conclusus refer linguistically to enclosure. [1] It describes a type of garden that was enclosed as a practical concern, a major theme in the history of gardening, where walled gardens were and are common. [2] The garden room is a similar feature ...

  7. Untermyer Park and Gardens - Wikipedia

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    Designated NYSRHP. June 23, 1980. Untermyer Park and Gardens is a historic 43-acre (17 ha) city public park, located in Yonkers, New York in Westchester County, just north of New York City. The park is a remnant of Samuel Untermyer 's 150-acre (61 ha) estate "Greystone". Situated on the steep land arising from the eastern bank of the Hudson ...

  8. Royden Park - Wikipedia

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    Status. Open all year. Royden Park is a park in Frankby, Wirral, England, [2] managed by Wirral Council. The grounds of the park were originally part of an estate owned by Ernest Royden which comprised the park, Hill Bark house and Thurstaston Common. Upon his death the estate passed to Hoylake council and was opened to the public for recreation.

  9. Edzell Castle - Wikipedia

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    Edzell Castle is a ruined 16th-century castle, with an early-17th-century walled garden. It is located close to Edzell, and is around 5 miles (8 km) north of Brechin, in Angus, Scotland. Edzell Castle was begun around 1520 by David Lindsay, 9th Earl of Crawford, and expanded by his son, Sir David Lindsay, Lord Edzell, who also laid out the ...