freeware

English

Etymology

From free +‎ -ware, a contraction of software; Coined by Andrew Fluegelman.

Noun

freeware (uncountable)

1. (software) Complete and functional software that does not require payment or other compensation (such as viewing advertising) for its use. Freeware may be a proprietary license with no access to the source code.

   Coordinate terms: payware, shareware

Derived terms

• non-freeware

Related terms

• abandonware
• adware
• baitware
• censorware
• crippleware
• demoware
• donationware
• postcardware
• shareware
• spyware
• trialware

 

Translations

free of charge software

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 免費軟件／免费软件 (zh) (miǎnfèi ruǎnjiàn) (Mainland China, Hong Kong), 免費軟體／免费软体 (miǎnfèi ruǎntǐ) (Taiwan)

• Czech: freeware (cs) m
• Danish: gratisprogram n
• Dutch: freeware (nl) m
• Estonian: vabavara
• Finnish: freeware (fi)
• French: gratuiciel (fr) m
• German: Freeware (de) f
• Greek: δωρισμικό n (dorismikó)
• Japanese: フリーウェア (ja) (furīwea)
• Korean: 프리웨어 (peuriweeo)
• Malay: perisian percuma
• Norwegian: gratisprogram n
• Polish: freeware (pl) m
• Portuguese: programa gratuito m, programa grátis m, software gratuito m, software grátis m
• Russian: беспла́тное ПО n (besplátnoje PO), фри́ве́р m or n (frívɛ́r)
• Swedish: gratisprogram (sv) n

See also

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

 

Spanish

Noun

freeware m (plural freewares)

1. freeware