different between adware vs advertisement

English

Etymology

From ad +? -ware.

Pronunciation

Noun

adware (uncountable)

1. (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.

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See also

• free software
• open-source software
• public domain software

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English adware.

Noun

adware m

1. (computing) adware

   Synonyms: reklamní program, reklamní software

Declension

Further reading

• adware on the Czech Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^cs

Portuguese

Noun

adware m (plural adwares)

1. (computing) adware (software application that displays advertisements)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English adware.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?adwe?/, [?a.ð?we?]

Noun

adware m (plural adwares)

1. adware
   • 2005, Carlos Valdivia Miranda, Sistemas informáticos y redes locales, Ediciones Paraninfo, S.A. (?ISBN), page 32

   Synonyms: programa publicitario, software publicitario

English

Alternative forms

• advertizement

Etymology

From Middle French advertissement (“statement calling attention”), compare French avertissement (“warning”). See advertise. Equivalent to advertise +? -ment.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?v??t?sm?nt/, occasionally /?ædv?ta?zm?nt/
• (General American) /?ædv??ta?zm?nt/, less often IPA^(key): /?d?v?t?zm?nt/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?ædv??t??zm?nt/, /?d?v??t?sm?nt/
• Hyphenation: ad?ver?tise?ment

Noun

advertisement (countable and uncountable, plural advertisements)

1. (marketing) A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar.

2. A public notice.

3. A recommendation of a particular product, service or person.

4. (obsolete) Notoriety.
5. (card games) In gin rummy, the discarding of a card of one's preferred suit so as to mislead the opponent into thinking you do not want it.
   • 1947, On Gin Rummy: An All-American Roundup (page 121)

     The safest time to answer a possible advertisement is when you have no indication as to what suit your opponent wants. Then even if he has advertised, the odds are that your answer is not the card he is looking for.

Synonyms

• (commercial solicitation): ad, advert
• (public notice):

Hyponyms

• commercial
• infomercial

Derived terms

Related terms

• advertising
• adware

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