vaporware

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See also: vapourware

English

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vaporware

Alternative forms

vapourware (UK, Commonwealth)

Etymology

From vapor +‎ -ware.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈveɪ.pə.wɛə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(US) enPR: vāʹpərwâr, IPA^(key): /ˈveɪpɚwɛɹ/

Noun

vaporware (uncountable)

(computing) An advertised product, often computer software, whose launch has not happened yet and might not ever happen.
- 1983, Recording Engineer/producer, volume 14, number 3, page 18:
  Our hard-and-fast rule was that if we couldn't see it, it still resided in that special zone called "Vaporware."
- 2015, Randall G. Chapman, BRANDS: a marketing game:
  Vaporware appeals widely to industrial and consumer buyers.
- 2015, Richard Severson, Ethical Principles for the Information Age‎:
  Some would say that Microsoft engaged in a subtle form of vaporware by preannouncing its product before it was actually ready to be delivered, then, at the last minute, announcing a short delay.

Translations

An advertised product, whose launch is questionable

French: fumiciel (fr) m

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