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sharity

sharity proper noun: a file-hosting and storage service for users to upload and share videos, music, software, and other content for others to use.

Proper noun

sharity

  1. A file-hosting and storage service for users to upload and share videos, music, software, and other content for others to use.
    • A way around the lock-up problem of smbfs is to use sharity.2001, Mike McCune, Integrating Linux and Windows, →ISBN, page 146
    • But with the advent of sharity that's shifted to: 'I've just got hold of something no one else has got, so I'm immediately going to make it available to EVERYBODY.'2011, Simon Reynolds, Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to its Own Past, →ISBN

Origin of sharity

Originally a brand name for a product, possibly a Blend of share + charity + rarity.

Questions about sharity

What does sharity mean?
Sharity means a file-hosting and storage service for users to upload and share videos, music, software, and other content for others to use.
What part of speech is sharity?
Sharity is a proper noun.

Words near sharity in the dictionary

  1. sharings
  2. sharis
  3. Sharisha
  4. sharistadar
  5. sharistadars
  6. sharity
  7. Shariy
  8. Shariyah
  9. Sharja
  10. Sharjah
  11. shark

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