adware
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adware (uncountable)
- (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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software application
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adware m inan
- (computing) adware
- Synonyms: reklamní program, reklamní software
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- adware on the Czech Wikipedia.Wikipedia cs
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Unadapted borrowing from English adware.
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adware m (plural adwares)
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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.
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adware m (plural adwares)
- 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.