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bannerware

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English

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Etymology

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From banner +‎ -ware.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

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bannerware (uncountable)

  1. (computing) software that contains banner advertising for other software by the same maker
    • 2000, Stuart Low, “Nothing much Cute about THIS!”, in alt.www.webmaster (Usenet):
      I use Crystal FTP, top quality FTP CLient[sic], bannerware, but that isn't much of a problem.
    • 2001, James M Sandbrook, “ANN: Group Mail Free version 3.2.026”, in alt.comp.shareware (Usenet):
      KiwiWord 2000 is not adware or bannerware, you will find no banners etc.