bookware

bookware

English

Etymology

book +‎ -ware

Noun

bookware (uncountable)

1. (computing) Software that is published in, or distributed with, a book.
   • 1984, Michael Nicita, Ronald Petrusha, The reader's guide to microcomputer books

     This was especially true of BASIC program anthologies, a particularly important area of bookware for TI owners.

   • 1995, Craig Hunt, Networking personal computers with TCP/IP

     The problem with bookware is that it quickly gets out of date.

   • 1996, Steve Rimmer, Windows and OS/2 bitmapped graphics

     The suite of bookware applications on the companion CD-ROM for this book illustrates a group of applications that use a common collection of DLLs.