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Definition of adware
adware
noun - uncountable
- legitimate software that is free to use, but displays advertising.
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Last edited on Nov 12 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
- bad software ("malware") that exists only to display unwanted advertisements.
His computer was full of adware. I had to reinstall his OS from scratch.
Last edited on Dec 07 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Apr 26 2011.
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Other terms relating to 'computer slang': | |
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| Definitions include: to change something in a small, mindless way. | |
| Definitions include: "I love you". | |
| Definitions include: from "Plug and Play," by which computers automatically attempt to recognize newly attached devices. | |
| Definitions include: "ok, thanks." | |
| Definitions include: to pester or annoy. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "massively multiplayer online role playing game." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "rolling on [the] floor laughing my fucking ass off". | |
| Definitions include: "non-nude". | |
| Definitions include: "computer." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "I fucking love you" or "I freaking love you". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "talk to you later". | |
| Definitions include: a word that has come to be an acronym (or is viewed by some as an acronym) when it was not originally an acronym. | |
| Definitions include: a person who downloads without uploading in return. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "what's on your mind". | |
Slang terms with the same root words
Other terms relating to 'software': | |
| Definitions include: software still under copyright, but which is no longer distributed, sold, or supported. | |
| Definitions include: a type of shareware that interrupts use of the software to display a message asking the user to "register" the software (i.e. pay for it.) | |
| Definitions include: computer software that occupies too many resources due to its preponderance of features. | |
| Definitions include: a form of shareware where, in lieu of the "registration" fee, the author asks that users donate to a charity. | |
| Definitions include: a form of shareware where, in lieu of the "registration" fee, the author asks that users donate to a charity. | |
| Definitions include: software that has had features disabled to entice people to upgrade to a for-pay or more expensive version. | |
| Definitions include: "Freeware" was originally the trademark of "PC-Talk" author Andrew Fluegelman. | |
| Definitions include: shareware that uses guilt to encourage users to pay the "registration" cost. | |
| Definitions include: software that does bad things. | |
| Definitions include: shareware software that nags the user if it hasn't yet been purchased. | |
| Definitions include: a type of shareware that only requires users to send a postcard to the author in order to purchase it. | |
| Definitions include: software that is free to share with others and is - at least initially - free to use. | |
| Definitions include: software that was purchased or written, but never used. | |
| Definitions include: low-quality software. | |
| Definitions include: software delivered in physical form. | |
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