adware

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From ad +‎ -ware.

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Noun[edit]

adware (uncountable)

  1. (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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Czech[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English adware.

Noun[edit]

adware m inan

  1. (computing) adware
    Synonyms: reklamní program, reklamní software

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English adware.

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adware m (plural adwares)

  1. (computing) adware (software application that displays advertisements)

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English adware. According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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Noun[edit]

adware m (plural adwares)

  1. adware
    Synonyms: programa publicitario, software publicitario
    • 2005, Carlos Valdivia Miranda, Sistemas informáticos y redes locales, Ediciones Paraninfo, S.A., →ISBN, page 32:
      Los desarrolladores usan el adware como recurso para lograr ingresos económicos de sus programas, que usualmente son gratuitos.
      Developers use adware as a resource to get economic income from their programs, which are usually free.