shelfware

== English == === Etymology === From shelf + -ware. === Pronunciation === === Noun === shelfware (uncountable) (software) A piece of software that has never been used at all since its creation. A piece of software created for the sole purpose of being immediately shelved. Software purchased but not used. ==== Quotations ==== 1994 Silver, L and Marin, I : "Software Use and Disuse: From Shelfware to Improved Software Utilization" in Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting Proceedings, Special Sessions, pp. 975-975(1) All too often, software that has been purchased is not used. A term has emerged to describe this phenomenon, "shelfware."