abandonware

abandonware

English

Etymology

From abandon +‎ -ware.

Pronunciation

• Audio (UK)

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Noun

abandonware (countable and uncountable, plural abandonwares)

1. (computing, chiefly video games) A software product that is no longer updated or maintained, or whose copyright is no longer defended or which is no longer marketed even by the company who made it.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 <[e-mail]>:

     RR> Never heard of Wildscan. Is it shareware or is there a evaluation version available? ... It's abandonware ala Joe Martin inc.:)

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

Catalan: programari descatalogat (ca) m Dutch: abandonware m Finnish: hylätty ohjelmisto, abandonware French: abandogiciel (fr) m, logiciel abandonné (fr) m German: Abandonware f Icelandic: eftirlegubúnaður m Polish: abandonware (pl) m Romanian: produs abandonat n, software abandonat n

See also

• free software
• public domain
• announcementware
• vaporware

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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

1. (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.

Declension

Declension of abandonware

	singular
nominative	abandonware
genitive	abandonware'u
dative	abandonware'owi
accusative	abandonware
instrumental	abandonware'em
locative	abandonwarze
vocative	abandonwarze

Related terms

noun

• abandon

 

References

1. Pęzik, Piotr; Przepiórkowski, A.; Bańko, M.; Górski, R.; Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, B (2012) Wyszukiwarka PELCRA dla danych NKJP. Narodowy Korpus Języka Polskiego [National Polish Language Corpus, PELCRA search engine]‎, Wydawnictwo PWN