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- Adware
- Free programmes funded through the incorporation of adverts
- Most T-shirts and designer clothes
- Alderley Edgeware
- Zeneca's version of Edgeware
- Antiware
- all those applications designed to keep Malware off you computer
- Anyware
- An untraced bug
- Autoware
- GPS with mapping Software, so that men need never ask the way again
- Aware
- The first release of Software (Also known as the alpha-release). It is guaranteed not to work properly, so people give it to their friends.
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- Beachware
- You have finished the project on time; the
customer is happy; there are no bugs: Wake up you have been dreaming on
the beach again
- ubiquitous handheld wireless computers that can be used everywhere
- pier to pier networks
- Bedware
- The well known soporific effects of Microsoft Manuals
- Beware
- The second release of software (also known as
beta-release), and normally the first issued to customers, as this is
the cheapest form of bug finding available to software writers.
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- Careware
- software that is freely
distributed by way of download. The only payment expected is that the
user must demonstrate that they care about something and show that the software is being used to better the user or the user's community.
- Childrensware
- Computer games
- Communityware
- Discussions of topics of major importance such as the performance of football teams. See also Groupware
- Courseware
- Cruiseware
- missile control sftware
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- Dayware
- Software so flaky that it cannot be left running overnight. Dayware can be found Everyware
- Delaware
- On PCs running DOS try:
Del *.*
The unix equivalent is: rm -f ~
- Delftware
- A word processor designed for Double Dutch
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- Earthenware
- Electrical safety equipment
- Edgeware
- Edge detection software
- Elseware
- That elusive bug
- Eveningware
- That one little bug that you can fix before going home - but that was four hours and six cups of coffee ago.
- Everyware
- Eyeware
- iWare such as the iPad, iPod, iRaq and iRan
- Immersive virtual reality glasses
- Head up displays
- See also Headware
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- Fashionware
- A few years ago it was multimedia and
object-oriented systems, then it was the Internet and the Information
Superhighway; now it is iWare
- Firmware
- old fashioned bras with significant amounts of Ironware in.
- Footware
- Boot PROMs
- Foresware
- To know in advance that a really bad bug will be revealed during an important demonstration to the client. See also Sware
- Freeware
- You get what you pay for see also Shareware
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- Gardenware
- Robust handheld devices with wireless LAN facilities which can be used at the bottom of the garden
- Glassware
- Windows™ - tends to break; but can be protected with Netware
- Groupware
- The topic of conversation at the coffee machine.
- School uniform
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- Hardware
- Less and less for more and more, or more and more for less and less.
- Headware
- Equipment for fully immersive Virtual Reality
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- Ironware
- Are you old enough to remember ferrous cores? really??
- iWare
- All those Fashionware items such as the iPad, iPod, iRan and iRaq. Also known as Eyeware.
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- Kidsware
- Programmes for goats and other animals
- Kitchenware
- Coffee machines for programmers
- Knitware
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- spaghetti code
- concatenation of files
- what you get from sitting next to programmers
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- Ladiesware
- Ladies don't use computers. See Womensware
- Learnware
- Web applications which make use of cookies to
understand the users behaviour and modify the applications behaviour.
Said to learn from the user
- Legware
- site visits
- Leisureware
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- Liveware
- see Wetware
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- Macware
- An alternative to everyware which reduces the problems associated with rainware. See also McWare
- Malware
- see alsoSanitaryware
Note that this is not MaleWare or Mensware
- McWare
- off the shelf shrink wrapped rubbish
- Mensware
- Programs written in real languages (ie assembler, and possibly Fortran)
- Middleware
- All those bits of software that systems
developers consider too application specific to be interested in and
application developers consider to be system software and too difficult.
- Software to support middle management (eg. spreadsheets, email and executive toys)
- The bit that spreads as it gets older
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- Neckware
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Managers and consultants, because they do
- Netware
- Used by the lower middle classes to cover their Windows™
- Software used for surfing the net such as Firefox or Internet Explorer (See Everyware)
- Newware
- third way programming see vapourware
- Nightware
- shiftwork
- The extra work required to get a project in on time
- see also Rubberware
- Noware
- Bug free Software
- Anything that cannot be found on Google
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- Overware
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Tools to support overclocking your PC in order to allow you to cope with Everyware
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- Postcardware
- A kind of freeware that requires only that the
user send the software author a postcard as payment. This shows the
software provider that someone is actually using the software and lets
the user thank the provider personally. The postage stamp also
indicates where in the world the software is being used
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- Rainware
- disaster recovery equipment, including fire proof safes and backup power suplies
- Regalware
- Crowns
- Rubberware
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- Sanitaryware
- a collective term for security systems including firewalls, virus checkers and Spyware programmes. Also known as Malware
- Shareware
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- software either so useful that everyone will steal it anyway, or so useless and badly written that nobody would pay for it.
- Software used by Barings Bank
- silverware
- pay scales for contract programmers
- Skiware
- Very rapidly written software (especially towards the end) that frequently crashes.
- Slipware
- the additional effort added into the estimate to ensure that a project comes in on time; and the time by which a project is late
- Software
- The only product which is guaranteed to be faulty, and you are charged for the privilege of having the errors corrected
- Someware
- the theoretical basis behind the organisation of the Unix file system
- Speechware
- Systems which translate speech to text to save typing.
- Systems used to generate politicians speeches from random concepts to bigotry
- Sportsware
- Virtual games that allow one to think one is doing sport while sitting on the sofa.
- Spyware
- Software used to detect
programs or utilities which record activity on computers and send this
information to another place. Can be used to detect passwords.
- systems used for espionage such as micro-cameras
- Stemware
- Wineglasses.
- Systems and Software used to support science, technology, engineering and mathematics
- Stone(d)ware
- inspiration for programmers
- surfware
- software required to get onto the net (see also netware)
- Sware
- On demonstrating software to a very a important person a hitherto unknown bug will manifest itself. See also Foresware
- Swimware
- see Rainware
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- Teamware
- All that software that is supposed to help support team working like Project, Exchange when what the rt
- Tupperware
- see Codd and Date
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- Unaware
- Unicode
- Software which ignores user input in an annoying and unpredictable manner
- Underware
- False floors used to hide cables
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- Vapourware
- Tomorrows products at yesterdays prices, which keep computer journalists in business
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- Wareware
- the noise made by programmers of the future
- Webware
- Any application written specifically for the web. See also Everyware
- Wetware
- Anyone who works with computers (see also Liveware)
- Womensware
- Real women don't use computers.
- Workware
- It pays the rent.
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