crippleware
crippleware noun: a program whose functionality is severely limited beyond that of shareware, often in the interest of its author having the crippleware user make a purchase of the uncrippled program.
Noun
crippleware (uncountable)
- A program whose functionality is severely limited beyond that of shareware, often in the interest of its author having the crippleware user make a purchase of the uncrippled program.
crippleware meaning in Tamil
crippleware in Tamil
- தடுக்கும் பொருள்
Origin of crippleware
From cripple + -ware.
Questions about crippleware
- What does crippleware mean?
- Crippleware means a program whose functionality is severely limited beyond that of shareware, often in the interest of its author having the crippleware user make a purchase of the uncrippled program.
- What is crippleware in Tamil?
- Crippleware in Tamil is தடுக்கும் பொருள். See Crippleware meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is crippleware?
- Crippleware is a noun.
Words near crippleware in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: crippleware (page history and authors); crippleware (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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