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clickwrap

clickwrap noun: clickwrap licenses generally.

Noun

clickwrap (countable and uncountable, plural clickwraps)

  1. (uncountable) Clickwrap licenses generally.
    • 3:00 - 3:30 Electronic Contracting - Electronic Data Interchange - Making and enforcing of agreements online - "Shrinkwrap" v. "clickwrap" Agreements - Encryption for privacy and authentication1997 February 28, William D. Marvin, “Internet CLE in Philadelphia announcement”, in misc.legal.computing (Usenet), retrieved 13 Sep 2016, message-ID <E6DKLn.Az0@world.std.com>>
    • This curious species of non-publication provoked numerous programmers to post directions on Slashdot for circumventing the clickwrap.2004, Philip Mirowski, The Effortless Economy of Science?
  2. (countable, rare) A clickwrap license.

Forms of clickwrap

pluralclickwraps
alternative formclick-wrap

Origin of clickwrap

From click + wrap, after shrinkwrap (license).

Phrases with clickwrap

Questions about clickwrap

What does clickwrap mean?
Clickwrap means clickwrap licenses generally.
What part of speech is clickwrap?
Clickwrap is a noun.
What is the plural of clickwrap?
The plural of clickwrap is clickwraps.

Words near clickwrap in the dictionary

  1. clicktivists
  2. clickwork
  3. clickworker
  4. clickworkers
  5. clickworthy
  6. clickwrap
  7. clickwrap license
  8. clickwrap licenses
  9. clickwraps
  10. clicky
  11. clidafidine

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: clickwrap (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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