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abandonware

abandonware noun: a software product that is no longer updated or maintained, or whose copyright is no longer defended or which is no longer marketed even by the company who made it.

Noun

abandonware (countable and uncountable, plural abandonwares)

  1. A software product that is no longer updated or maintained, or whose copyright is no longer defended or which is no longer marketed even by the company who made it.
    • RR> Never heard of Wildscan. Is it shareware or is there a^([sic]) evaluation
      RR> version available?
      It's abandonware ala Joe Martin inc.:)1996 October 12, John Hentsch, “Re: Converting file areas (one more time)”, in alt.bbs.wildcat (Usenet), retrieved 08 Feb 2017, message-ID <ff1_9610122110@mb.fidonet.org>
    • 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.2014, Aaron Schwabach, Internet and the Law: Technology, Society, and Compromises, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 1

abandonware meaning in Indonesian

abandonware in Indonesian

software which has been abandoned by its developer
peranti telantar

Forms of abandonware

pluralabandonwares

Origin of abandonware

From abandon + -ware.

Questions about abandonware

What does abandonware mean?
Abandonware means a software product that is no longer updated or maintained, or whose copyright is no longer defended or which is no longer marketed even by the company who made it.
What is abandonware in Indonesian?
Abandonware in Indonesian is peranti telantar. See Abandonware meaning in Indonesian.
What part of speech is abandonware?
Abandonware is a noun.
What is the plural of abandonware?
The plural of abandonware is abandonwares.

Words near abandonware in the dictionary

  1. abandonment
  2. abandonments
  3. abandonness
  4. abandons
  5. abandons ship
  6. abandonware
  7. abandonwares
  8. abands
  9. Abaneeme
  10. abanet
  11. abanets

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