demoware

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noun

A cut-down demonstration version of a computer program so that it can be tried before purchase.

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

noundemoware (uncountable)
  1. uncountablecomputingA cut-down demonstration version of a computer program so that it can be tried before purchase.

Origin

  1. Englishdemo
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  3. Proto-Germanic*samþuz /*samftuz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*samft(ī)
  5. Old Englishsōfte
  6. Middle Englishsofte
  7. Englishsoft
  8. Proto-Germanic*warō
  9. Proto-West Germanic*waru
  10. Old Englishwaru
  11. Middle Englishware
  12. Englishsoftwarebf.
  13. Englishdemoware

From demo + -ware.

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Translations

German Demoware
  • Demowarecomputer program
Indonesian peranti contoh, perangkat lunak demo
  • peranti contohcomputer program
  • perangkat lunak democomputer program
Portuguese programa de demonstração, programa demonstrativo
  • programa de demonstraçãocomputer program
  • programa demonstrativocomputer program
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APA

demoware. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demoware

MLA

“demoware.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demoware. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “demoware,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demoware.

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