careware /keir'weir/ n.
A variety of shareware for
which either the author suggests that some payment be made to a
nominated charity or a levy directed to charity is included on top
of the distribution charge. Syn. charityware; compare
crippleware, sense 2.
A variety of shareware for
which either the author suggests that some payment be made to a
nominated charity or a levy directed to charity is included on top
of the distribution charge. Syn. charityware; compare
crippleware, sense 2.
Related:
- careware: /keir'weir/ n. {Shareware} for which either the
author suggests that some payment be made to a nominated charity
or a levy directed to charity is included on top of the
distribution charge.
Syn. {charityware}; compare {crippleware}, sense... - shareware: /sheir'weir/ n. {Freeware} (sense 1) for which the
author requests some payment,
usually in the accompanying documentation files... - shareware /sheir'weir/ n.
A kind of freeware (sense
1) for which the author requests some payment,
usually in the accompanying documentation files... - charityware /cha'rit-ee-weir`/ n.
Syn.
careware... - crippleware n.
1. [common] Software that has some important
functionality deliberately removed,
so as to entice potential users to pay for a working... - charityware: /cha'rit-ee-weir`/ n. Syn. {careware}.
The AI Hackers... - annoyware n.
A type of shareware that frequently
disrupts normal program operation to display requests for payment
to the author in return for the ability to disable the request
messages.
(Also called `nagware') The requests generally require... - crippleware: n. 1. Software that has some important functionality
deliberately removed,
so as to entice potential users to pay for a working... - nagware /nag'weir/ n.
[Usenet] The variety of shareware
that displays a large screen at the beginning or end reminding you
to register,
typically requiring some sort of keystroke to continue...
From the same category:
- lion food n.
[IBM] Middle management or HQ staff (or,
by extension, administrative drones in general)... - off the trolley adj.
Describes the behavior of a
program that malfunctions and goes catatonic,
but doesn't actually crash or abort. See glitch... - RTFS /R-T-F-S/
[Unix] 1. imp. Abbreviation for `Read The
Fucking Source'.
Variant form of RTFM, used when the problem at hand... - heisenbug /hi:'zen-buhg/ n.
[from Heisenberg's
Uncertainty Principle in quantum physics] A bug that disappears or
alters its behavior when one attempts to probe or isolate it.
(This... - Big Red Switch n.
[IBM] The power switch on a computer,
esp. the `Emergency Pull' switch on an IBM mainframe...
