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linkware

linkware noun: digital materials that can be used for free on the condition that the user links back to the creator's web site.

Noun

linkware (uncountable)

  1. Digital materials that can be used for free on the condition that the user links back to the creator's web site.
    • Most of these graphics are linkware—they are free to use as long as you set up a link that points back to the owner's site: […]2004, Cyndi Howells, Planting Your Family Tree Online

Origin of linkware

From link + -ware.

Questions about linkware

What does linkware mean?
Linkware means digital materials that can be used for free on the condition that the user links back to the creator's web site.
What part of speech is linkware?
Linkware is a noun.

Words near linkware in the dictionary

  1. linktree
  2. linktrees
  3. linkup
  4. linkups
  5. Linkuva
  6. linkware
  7. linkway
  8. linkways
  9. linkwork
  10. linkworker
  11. linkworkers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: linkware (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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