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Sadware vs Adware - What's the difference?

sadware | adware |

As nouns the difference between sadware and adware

is that sadware is (obsolete) heavy pewter goods while adware is (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.

sadware

English

Noun

(-)
  • (obsolete) heavy pewter goods

    • adware

    English

    (wikipedia adware)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (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.

    • Related terms

    * abandonware * baitware * crippleware * demoware * donationware * freeware * malware * postcardware * shareware * spyware * trialware

    See also

    * free software * open-source software * public domain software