adware

English

Etymology

From ad +‎ -ware.

Pronunciation
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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.

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Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English adware.

Noun

adware m inan

  1. (computing) adware
    Synonyms: reklamní program, reklamní software

Declension
Declension of adware (hard masculine inanimate foreign)
singular plural
nominative adware adwary
genitive adwaru adwarů
dative adwaru adwarům
accusative adware adwary
vocative adware adwary
locative adwaru adwarech
instrumental adwarem adwary

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English adware.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈdwa.ɾi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈdwa.ɾe/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈdwa.ɾɨ/ [ɐˈðwa.ɾɨ]

Noun

adware m (plural adwares)

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

Spanish

Etymology

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.

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

Noun

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.
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