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This is a list of computing terms that end in "-ware":

• Abandonware
• Adware
• Be-ware
• Bloatware
• Careware
• Crippleware
• Donationware
• Firmware
• Freeware
• Guiltware
• Hardware
• Kitchenware
• Malware
• Nagware
• Software
• SharewareShareware is software that is distributed without payment ahead of time as is common for proprietary software. Typically shareware software is obtained free of charge by downloading, thus allowing one to try out the program ahead of time. A shareware prog
• SpywareStrictly defined, spyware is computer software that gathers and reports information about a computer user without the user's knowledge or consent. More broadly, the term spyware can refer to a wide range of related malware products which fall outside the
• Payware
• PostcardwarePostcardware is software similar to shareware, distributed by the author on the condition that users send the author a postcard. The concept was first used by Aaron Giles, author of JPEGView. See also ADOM Application software.
• VaporwareThis article refers to the term as used in computing. For the company, see VaporWare (company). Vaporware (or vapourware is a term applied to software or hardware which is announced by a developer well in advance of release, but which then fails to emerge