abandonware
English
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Noun
abandonware (countable and uncountable, plural abandonwares)
- (computing, chiefly video games) A software product that is no longer updated or maintained, or whose copyright is no longer defended or which is no longer marketed even by the company who made it.
- 1996 October 12, Hentsch, John, “Re: Converting file areas (one more time)”, in alt.bbs.wildcat, Usenet, retrieved 2017-02-08, message-ID <ff1_9610122110@mb.fidonet.org>:
- RR> Never heard of Wildscan. Is it shareware or is there a evaluation version available? ... It's abandonware ala Joe Martin inc.:)
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Related terms
- abandon
- adware
- annoyware
- baitware
- bloatware
- blogware
- cardware
- careware
- censorware
- charityware
- courseware
- crapware
- crippleware
- crudware
- cyberware
- demoware
- donationware
- dreamware
- emailware
- fatware
- firmware
- foistware
- freeware
- fritterware
- funware
- gameware
- groupware
- guiltware
- hassleware
- helpware
- hijackware
- liveware
- malware
- meatware
- middleware
- nagware
- otherware
- parasiteware
- payware
- postcardware
- prayerware
- ransomware
- scareware
- scumware
- shareware
- shelfware
- shitware
- shovelware
- spyware
- teachware
- trialware
- vaporware
- wetware
Descendants
- → Polish: abandonware
Translations
software which has been abandoned by its developer
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Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English abandonware. First attested in 2000.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.banˈdɔn.wɛr/
- Rhymes: -ɔnwɛr
- Syllabification: a‧ban‧don‧ware
Noun
abandonware m inan
- (computing) abandonware
- 2019, Łukasz Koźbiał, “ABANDONWARE W ŚWIETLE PRAWA AUTORSKIEGO–UWAGI OGÓLNE”, in Małgorzata Babula:
- […], a które to cechy ewentualnie umożliwiałyby kwalifikację danego programu komputerowego do kategorii abandonware.
- […], which traits could potentially allow for the possibility to qualify the given program as abandonware.
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Declension
Declension of abandonware
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | abandonware |
| genitive | abandonware'u |
| dative | abandonware'owi |
| accusative | abandonware |
| instrumental | abandonware'em |
| locative | abandonwarze |
| vocative | abandonwarze |
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