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Ware Suff. [from `software'] Commonly Used To Form Jargon Terms For Classes Of Software.
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-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.
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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}....
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....
hareware /sheir'weir/ n. A kind of freeware (sense 1) for which the author requests some payme
usually in the accompanying documentation files or in an announcement made by the software itself....
wetware /wet'weir/ n. [prob. from the novels of Rudy Rucker] 1.
The human nervous system, as opposed to computer hardware or software....
payware /pay'weir/ n. Commercial software. Oppose shareware or freeware.
wetware: /wet'weir/ [prob. from the novels of Rudy Rucker] n.
1. The human nervous system, as opposed to computer hardware or software....
payware: /pay'weir/ n. Commercial software. Oppose {shareware} or {freeware}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
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)....