freeware

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Etymology

From free +‎ ware, a contraction of software; Coined by Andrew Fluegelman

Noun

freeware (uncountable)

1. (computing) Complete and functional software that does not require payment or other compensation (such as nags or advertising) for its use. Freeware may be a proprietary license with no access to the source code.

Related terms

abandonware adware baitware censorware

crippleware demoware donationware postcardware

shareware spyware trialware

Translations

free software

Chinese: Mandarin: 免費軟件 (zh), 免费软件 (zh) (miǎnfèi ruǎnjiàn) Czech: freeware (cs) m. Estonian: priivara (et) Finnish: freeware (fi) French: graticiel (fr) m., gratuiciel (fr) m.

German: Freeware (de) f. Japanese: フリーウェア (ja) (furīwea) Korean: 프리웨어 (ko) (peuriwe-eo) Norwegian: gratisprogram (no) n. Polish: freeware (pl) m. Russian: бесплатное ПО (ru) (besplátnoje pe-ó) n., фривер (ru) (frivɛ́r, frívɛr) m. and n.

See also

• free software
• open-source software
• public domain software