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stiffware

stiffware noun: software that is inflexible, cannot be customized or upgraded, etc.

Noun

stiffware (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory, rare) Software that is inflexible, cannot be customized or upgraded, etc.

Origin of stiffware

From stiff + -ware.

Questions about stiffware

What does stiffware mean?
Stiffware means software that is inflexible, cannot be customized or upgraded, etc.
What part of speech is stiffware?
Stiffware is a noun.

Words near stiffware in the dictionary

  1. stiffs up
  2. stiffship
  3. stiffships
  4. stifftail
  5. stifftails
  6. stiffware
  7. stiffy
  8. stifle
  9. stifled
  10. stifledly
  11. stifler

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