adware

English

Etymology

From ad +‎ -ware.

Pronunciation

• Audio (UK)

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Noun

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.

Related terms

• abandonware
• baitware
• crippleware
• demoware
• donationware
• freeware
• malware
• postcardware
• shareware
• spyware
• trialware

 

Translations

software application

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 廣告軟件／广告软件 (guǎnggào ruǎnjiàn), 广告软件 (guǎnggào ruǎnjiàn)

• Czech: adware m, reklamní program m, reklamní software m
• Estonian: reklaamvara
• Finnish: mainosohjelma
• French: publiciel (fr) m, logiciel publicitaire (fr) m, logiciel de publicité m
• Georgian: სარეკლამო პროგრამა (sareḳlamo ṗrograma)
• Hungarian: reklámprogram (hu), reklámszoftver (hu)
• Irish: bogearraí fógraíochta m pl
• Japanese: アドウェア (adowea)
• Korean: 애드웨어 (aedeuweeo)
• Latvian: reklāmprogrammatūra f
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• Malay: perisian iklan, ڤرايسين اعلان (perisian i'lan)
• Norwegian: reklameprogram n
• Polish: oprogramowanie reklamowe n
• Portuguese: adware (pt) m
• Russian: рекла́мное ПО n (reklámnoje PO), рекламная программа f (reklamnaja programma)
• 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

See also

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

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Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English adware.

Noun

1. (computing) adware

   Synonyms: reklamní program, reklamní software

Further reading

• adware on the Czech Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^cs

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Portuguese

Noun

adware m (plural adwares)

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

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English adware.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈadweɾ/ [ˈa.ð̞weɾ]

Noun

adware m (plural adwares)

1. adware
   • 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.

   Synonyms: programa publicitario, software publicitario