different between cardware vs abandonware

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From card +? -ware.

cardware (uncountable)

(computing) Synonym of postcardware
- 1994, Peter M. Ridge, Sound Blaster: The Official Book
  Two of the programs are "cardware" — the authors would be pleased to receive just a postcard.
- 2005, James Moran, Victoria Hull, Brilliant ECDL (page 29)
  Other forms of freeware/shareware are cardware/postcardware/emailware - instead of paying, you send the programmer a card or an email saying thanks.
(computing) The software and hardware supporting a smart card system.
- 1997, Laurens van den Broek, Annet J. Sikkel, Health Cards '97 (page 95)
  Detailed experience from other economic sectors as well as some partial data for the health sector allows us to calculate a factor the cardware costs have to be multiplied with to get total costs […]

From abandon +? -ware.

abandonware (countable and uncountable, plural abandonwares)

(computing, chiefly video games) A software product that is no longer updated or maintained, or whose copyright is no longer defended or which is no longer marketed even by the company who made it.

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