adware

From ad + -ware.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈædˌwɛə/

  • Audio (UK):

    (file)

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈædˌwɛɚ/

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.

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

Borrowed from English adware.

adware m inan

1. (computing) adware

   Synonyms: reklamní program, reklamní software

• adware on the Czech Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^cs

Unadapted borrowing from English adware.

adware m (plural adwares)

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

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈadweɾ/ [ˈa.ð̞weɾ]
• Rhymes: -adweɾ

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.