adware

adware

English

Etymology

From ad +‎ -ware.

Pronunciation

• Audio (UK)

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Noun

adware (uncountable)

1. (computing) A software application that includes advertisements, which are displayed while the software is running. Developers use adware as a source of income and to keep the costs of the software down (usually making it free). Some adware programs can include spyware.

Related terms

• abandonware
• baitware
• crippleware
• demoware
• donationware
• freeware
• malware
• postcardware
• shareware
• spyware
• trialware

 

Translations

software application

Chinese: Mandarin: 廣告軟件／广告软件 (guǎnggào ruǎnjiàn) Czech: adware m, reklamní program m, reklamní software m Estonian: reklaamvara Finnish: mainosohjelma French: publiciel (fr) m, logiciel publicitaire (fr) m, logiciel de publicité m Georgian: სარეკლამო პროგრამა (sareḳlamo ṗrograma) Hungarian: reklámprogram (hu), reklámszoftver (hu) Irish: bogearraí fógraíochta m pl Japanese: アドウェア (adowea) Korean: 애드웨어 (aedeuweeo) Latvian: reklāmprogrammatūra f Malay: perisian iklan, ڤرايسين اعلان‎ (perisian i'lan) Norwegian: reklameprogram n Polish: oprogramowanie reklamowe n, adware (pl) m Portuguese: adware (pt) m Russian: рекла́мное ПО n (reklámnoje PO), рекламная программа f (reklamnaja programma) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: адвер m, рекламни софтвер m, оглашивачки софтвер m Roman: adver m, reklamni softver m, oglašivački softver m Slovak: advér m, reklamný softvér m Slovene: oglaševalsko programje n, oglaševalska programska oprema f Spanish: programa publicitario m, software publicitario m, adware m Swedish: reklamprogram n, annonsprogram n

See also

• free software
• open-source software
• public domain software

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Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English adware.

Noun

adware m

1. (computing) adware

   Synonyms: reklamní program, reklamní software

Declension

Declension of adware

	singular	plural
nominative	adware	adwary
genitive	adwaru	adwarů
dative	adwaru	adwarům
accusative	adware	adwary
vocative	adware	adwary
locative	adwaru	adwarech
instrumental	adwarem	adwary

Further reading

• adware on the Czech Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^cs

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English adware.

Noun

adware m (plural adwares)

1. (computing) adware (software application that displays advertisements)

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Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English adware. According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈadweɾ/ [ˈa.ð̞weɾ]
• Rhymes: -adweɾ

Noun

adware m (plural adwares)

1. adware
   • 2005, Carlos Valdivia Miranda, Sistemas informáticos y redes locales, Ediciones Paraninfo, S.A., →ISBN, page 32:

     Los desarrolladores usan el adware como recurso para lograr ingresos económicos de sus programas, que usualmente son gratuitos.

     Developers use adware as a resource to get economic income from their programs, which are usually free.

   Synonyms: programa publicitario, software publicitario