Definitions For Adware

Noun

ADWARE (uncountable) (computing) A software application that includes advertisements, which are displayed while the software is running. Developers use adware as a source of income and to keep the costs of the software down (usually making it free). Some adware programs can include spyware.

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Translations

Chinese: : Mandarin: 廣告軟件}}, {{t, cmn, 广告软件 (guǎnggào ruǎnjiàn) Czech: adware, m, reklamní program, m, reklamní software, m Estonian: reklaamvara Finnish: mainosohjelma French: publiciel, m, logiciel publicitaire, m, logiciel de publicité, m Georgian: სარეკლამო პროგრამა Hungarian: reklámprogram, reklámszoftver Irish: bogearraí fógraíochta, m-p Japanese: アドウェア (adowea) Korean: 애드웨어 Latvian: reklāmprogrammatūra, f Malay: perisian iklan}}, {{t, ms, ڤرايسين اعلان (perisian i'lan) Norwegian: reklameprogram, n Polish: oprogramowanie reklamowe, n Portuguese: adware, m Russian: рекламный, рекла́мное ПО, n, рекламный, рекламная программа, f Serbo-Croatian: : Cyrillic: адвер, m, рекламни софтвер, m, оглашивачки софтвер, m : Roman: adver, m, reklamni softver, m, oglašivački softver, m Slovak: advér, m, reklamný softvér, m Slovene: oglaševalsko programje, n, oglaševalska programska oprema, f Spanish: programa publicitario, m, software publicitario, m, adware, m Swedish: reklamprogram, n, annonsprogram, n

Etymology

From {{af, en, ad, -ware, id2=software}}.

See also

free software open-source software public domain software

Is Adware a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) NO
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

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