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• hareware: /sheir'weir/ n. {Freeware} (sense 1) for which the author requests some payment, usually in the accompanying documentation files or in an announcement made by the software itself.
  Such payment may or may not buy additional support or functionality....
• annoyware n. A type of shareware that frequently disrupts normal program operation to display requests for payment to the author in return for the ability to disable the request messages.
  (Also called `nagware') The requests generally require user action to acknowledge the message before normal operation is resumed and are often tied to the most frequently used features of the software....
• careware /keir'weir/ n. A variety of shareware for which either the author suggests that some payment be made to a nominated charity or a levy directed to charity is included on top of the distribution charge.
  Syn. charityware; compare crippleware, sense 2....
• careware: /keir'weir/ n. {Shareware} for which either the author suggests that some payment be made to a nominated charity or a levy directed to charity is included on top of the distribution charge.
  Syn. {charityware}; compare {crippleware}, sense 2. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• postcardware n. A kind of shareware that borders on freeware, in that the author requests only that satisfied users send a postcard of their home town or something.
  (This practice, silly as it might seem, serves to remind users that they are otherwise getting something for nothing, and may also be psychologically related to real estate `sales' in which $...
• ware: [from `software'] suff. Commonly used to form jargon terms for classes of software.
  For examples, see {careware}, {crippleware}, {crudware}, {freeware}, {fritterware}, {guiltware}, {liveware}, {meatware}, {payware}, {psychedelicware}, {shareware}, {shelfware}, {vaporware}, {wetware}....
• postcardware: n. {Shareware} that borders on {freeware}, in that the author requests only that satisfied users send a postcard of their home town or something.
  (This practice, silly as it might seem, serves to remind users that they are otherwise getting something for nothing, and may also be psychologically related to real estate `sales' in which $...
• ware suff. [from `software'] Commonly used to form jargon terms for classes of software.
  For examples, see annoyware, careware, crippleware freeware, fritterware, guiltware meatware, payware, psychedelicware shelfware, vaporware, wetware....
• crippleware n. 1. [common] Software that has some important functionality deliberately removed, so as to entice potential users to pay for a working version.
  2. [Cambridge] Variety of guiltware that exhorts you to donate to some charity (compare careware, nagware)....