English
Etymology
From share + -ware; popularized by Bob Wallace[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
shareware (uncountable)
- (software) A type of software that is distributed without payment but is limited in any combination of functionality, availability, or convenience.
Translations
type of software
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 共享軟件 / 共享软件 (gòngxiǎng ruǎnjiàn) (Mainland China, Hong Kong), 共享軟體 / 共享软体 (zh) (gòngxiǎng ruǎntǐ) (Taiwan)
- Dutch: shareware (nl) m
- French: shareware (fr) m, partagiciel (fr) m, contributiel (fr)
- German: Shareware (de) f
- Japanese: シェアウェア (ja) (sheawea)
- Korean: 셰어웨어 (syeeoweeo)
- Malay: perisian kongsi
- Portuguese: shareware m, programa de utilização limitada m, programa de utilização condicionada m, programa de utilização restrita m
- Russian: усло́вно-беспла́тное ПО n (uslóvno-besplátnoje PO)
- Swedish: spridprogram n
- Turkish: deneme yazılımı
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References
- ^ “Take Our Word For It”, in Words to the Wise, Issue 176[1], The Institute for Etymological Research and Education, 14 November 2002, retrieved 8 September 2008