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cheeseware

cheeseware noun: exceptionally low-quality software.

Noun

cheeseware (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory, slang) Exceptionally low-quality software.
    • Perhaps most important, it has removed us even further from the "gee whiz!" mind-set that dominated our first reactions to computing--a frame of mind that made us so appreciative of the wondrous complexity of those putty-colored boxes that we became vulnerable to the half-baked, the beta, and even...2000 September 1, “The New Computers in School”, in Strategic Finance
    • Many of the games they stock now are already in the mini-boxes, new titles not just cheeseware.2002 January 3, John Capriotti, “Re: Walmart: Games in DVD cases??”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action (Usenet)

Synonyms of cheeseware

Origin of cheeseware

From cheese + -ware.

Questions about cheeseware

What does cheeseware mean?
Cheeseware means exceptionally low-quality software.
What part of speech is cheeseware?
Cheeseware is a noun.

Words near cheeseware in the dictionary

  1. cheesesteak
  2. cheesesteaks
  3. cheesetastic
  4. cheesevat
  5. cheesevats
  6. cheeseware
  7. cheeseweed
  8. cheeseweeds
  9. cheesewich
  10. cheesewiches
  11. cheesewire

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