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English
Etymology
From garage + -ware, suggesting development by amateurs in a domestic garage.
Pronunciation
Noun
garageware (uncountable)
- (computing, slang, derogatory) Shoddy, amateurish software.
1997, vak, “Lack of Free Software for PP...”, in alt.comp.sys.palmtops.pilot (Usenet):People who spend real money on real servers aren't in the habit of running shareware or garageware.
2001, Bob, “Zone Alarm 3.6 True Vector”, in comp.security.firewalls (Usenet):The ones which cause me the most trouble are various garageware sound file editors. One of them will crash Win2K if I run it and run an ascii editor at the same time.
2007, Walter Mitty, “Help! Upgraded to XP”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action (Usenet):[…] the simple fact is that most native Linux games are rubbish garageware and that the industry simply doesnt care about the Linux community at large because they are generally not gamers but more serious "hackers" and hobbyists.
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