abandonware

== English == === Etymology === From abandon +‎ -ware. === Pronunciation === === Noun === abandonware (countable and uncountable, plural abandonwares) (software, chiefly video games) A software product that is no longer updated or maintained, or whose copyright is no longer defended or which is no longer marketed even by the company who made it. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: abandonware → Italian: abandonware → Polish: abandonware → Spanish: abandonware ==== Translations ==== === See also === announcementware free software public domain vaporware == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English abandonware. === Noun === abandonware m (uncountable, no diminutive) (software) abandonware === References === “abandonware” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language] == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English abandonware. === Noun === abandonware m (plural abandonwari) (software) abandonware == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English abandonware. First attested in 2000. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈban.dɔn.wɛr/ Rhymes: -andɔnwɛr Syllabification: a‧ban‧don‧ware === Noun === abandonware m inan (software) abandonware (software product that is no longer updated or maintained, or whose copyright is no longer defended or which is no longer marketed even by the company who made it) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English abandonware. === Noun === abandonware m (plural abandonwares) (software) abandonware ==== Usage notes ==== 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.