freewarenoun [ U ]
uk/ˈfriː.weər/us/ˈfriː.wer/computer programs that you can often copy from the internet and do not have to pay for
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Internet terminology
- .co.uk
- all-you-can-eat
- API
- app
- banner
- BBS
- bitcoin
- bounce
- e-commerce
- firewall
- instant messaging
- ISP
- JPEG
- posting
- troll
- unlike
- vlog
- VOD
- Web 2.0
- web-enabled
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Examples from literature
- Many games and much freeware get written this way.
- Oppose shareware or freeware.
- Pejorative term for the hundreds of megabytes of low-quality freeware circulated by user's groups and BBS systems in the micro-hobbyist world.
- The reverse is also possible, for example in binary-only freeware.