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vapourware, n. Computing (orig. U.S.).|ˈveɪpəwɛə(r)|
Also U.S. vaporware.
[Humorously f. vapour n. + *ware n.3 2 b.]
A piece of software or other product for use in computing which, despite being publicized or marketed, either does not exist or has not (yet) been developed commercially.
1984PC 7 Feb. 49/1 Esther Dyson..has appropriately coined the term ‘vapor ware’ to refer to all the integrated windowing software that doesn't exist—apparently. 1984Computerworld 9 Apr. 10 Now we have vaporware that disappears when you try to find it. 1987Punch 22 July 45 There was a snide and stupid piece in a second-rate computer ‘magazine’ a few weeks ago suggesting that the Z88 was a con-trick and vapourware. It ain't; it exists, it's excellent, it's shipping now. 1990San Jose (Calif.) Mercury 1 Apr. f1/1 Perhaps the most heralded piece of ‘vaporware’ in recent history is vapor no longer. As of now you can buy Lotus Development Corp's 1-2-3/G. |