:guiltware: /gilt'weir/ n. 1. A piece of {freeware} decorated
with a message telling one how long and hard the author worked on
it and intimating that one is a no-good freeloader if one does not
immediately send the poor suffering martyr gobs of money.
2. {Shareware} that works.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
with a message telling one how long and hard the author worked on
it and intimating that one is a no-good freeloader if one does not
immediately send the poor suffering martyr gobs of money.
2. {Shareware} that works.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- guiltware /gilt'weir/ n.
1. A piece of freeware
decorated with a message telling one how long and hard the author
worked on it and intimating that one is a no-good freeloader if one
does not immediately send the poor suffering martyr gobs of money.
2. A piece of shareware that works... - shareware: /sheir'weir/ n. {Freeware} (sense 1) for which the
author requests some payment,
usually in the accompanying documentation files... - freeware: n. Free software, often written by enthusiasts and
distributed by users' groups,
or via electronic mail, local bulletin boards, {USENET}... - DP: /D-P/ n. 1. Data Processing. Listed here because,
according to hackers, use of the term marks one immediately... - postcardware: n. {Shareware} that borders on {freeware},
in that the author requests only that satisfied... - File Attach: [FidoNet] 1. n. A file sent along with a mail message
from one BBS to another.
2. vt. Sending someone a file by using the File... - cascade: n. 1. A huge volume of spurious error-message output
produced by a compiler with poor error recovery.
Too frequently, one trivial syntax error (such as... - payware: /pay'weir/ n. Commercial software. Oppose {shareware}
or {freeware}.
The AI Hackers... - wizard: n. 1. A person who knows how a complex piece of software
or hardware works (that is,
who {grok}s it); esp. someone who can find and fix...
