bannerware

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noun

software that contains banner advertising for other software by the same maker

OriginEnglish softwarebf. ← Middle English ware ← Old English waru →
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Meanings

nounbannerware (uncountable)
  1. uncountablecomputingsoftware that contains banner advertising for other software by the same maker

    KiwiWord 2000 is not adware or bannerware, you will find no banners etc.

    2001, James M Sandbrook, “ANN: Group Mail Free version 3.2.026”, in alt.comp.shareware (Usenet)
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    I use Crystal FTP, top quality FTP CLient^([sic]), bannerware, but that isn't much of a problem.

    2000, Stuart Low, “Nothing much Cute about THIS!”, in alt.www.webmaster (Usenet)

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰendʰ-
  2. Proto-Germanic*bandiz
  3. Old Frenchbaniere
  4. Middle Englishbaner
  5. Englishbanner
  6. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  7. Proto-Germanic*samþuz /*samftuz
  8. Proto-West Germanic*samft(ī)
  9. Old Englishsōfte
  10. Middle Englishsofte
  11. Englishsoft
  12. Proto-Germanic*warō
  13. Proto-West Germanic*waru
  14. Old Englishwaru
  15. Middle Englishware
  16. Englishsoftwarebf.
  17. Englishbannerware

From banner + -ware.

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Cite this entry
APA

bannerware. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bannerware

MLA

“bannerware.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bannerware. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bannerware,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bannerware.

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