abandonware
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Noun
abandonware (countable and uncountable, plural abandonwares)
- (software, chiefly video games) A software product that is no longer updated or maintained, or whose copyright is no longer defended or which is no longer marketed even by the company who made it.
- 1996 October 12, John Hentsch, “Re: Converting file areas (one more time)”, in alt.bbs.wildcat (Usenet), retrieved 2017-02-08, message-ID <[email protected]>:
- RR> Never heard of Wildscan. Is it shareware or is there a evaluation
RR> version available?
It's abandonware ala Joe Martin inc.:)
- 2014, Aaron Schwabach, Internet and the Law: Technology, Society, and Compromises, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 1:
- Abandonware is software that is no longer being sold or supported by its author, copyright owner, or licensed distributor. Software that is still being sold, but no longer supported, is sometimes also referred to as abandonware.
Related terms
- abandon
- adware
- annoyware
- baitware
- bloatware
- blogware
- cardware
- careware
- censorware
- charityware
- courseware
- crapware
- crippleware
- crudware
- cyberware
- demoware
- donationware
- dreamware
- emailware
- fatware
- firmware
- foistware
- freeware
- fritterware
- funware
- gameware
- groupware
- guiltware
- hassleware
- helpware
- hijackware
- liveware
- malware
- meatware
- middleware
- nagware
- otherware
- parasiteware
- payware
- postcardware
- prayerware
- ransomware
- scareware
- scumware
- shareware
- shelfware
- shitware
- shovelware
- spyware
- teachware
- trialware
- vaporware
- wetware
Descendants
- → Polish: abandonware
Translations
software which has been abandoned by its developer
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See also
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English abandonware. First attested in 2000.
Pronunciation
Noun
abandonware m inan
- (computing) abandonware
- 2019, Łukasz Koźbiał, “ABANDONWARE W ŚWIETLE PRAWA AUTORSKIEGO–UWAGI OGÓLNE”, in Małgorzata Babula, archived from the original on 20 January 2023:
- […], a które to cechy ewentualnie umożliwiałyby kwalifikację danego programu komputerowego do kategorii abandonware.
- , which traits could potentially allow for the possibility to qualify the given program as abandonware.
Declension
Declension of abandonware
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | abandonware |
| genitive | abandonware'u |
| dative | abandonware'owi |
| accusative | abandonware |
| instrumental | abandonware'em |
| locative | abandonwarze |
| vocative | abandonwarze |
Related terms
noun
References
- ^ Pęzik, Piotr, Przepiórkowski, A., Bańko, M., Górski, R., Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, B (2012) Wyszukiwarka PELCRA dla danych NKJP. Narodowy Korpus Języka Polskiego [National Polish Language Corpus, PELCRA search engine], Wydawnictwo PWN