different between dreamware vs abandonware

English

Etymology

From dream +? -ware.

Pronunciation

Noun

dreamware (uncountable)

1. (rare) Things dreamed of; fictions or fantasies.
   • 1901, Paulist Fathers, Catholic World

     No use talking, I'm an unpractical, useless dealer in dreamware; a metaphysician who don't know how to fry an egg...

   • 1994, William Corbett, Philip Guston's late work

     The painting could serve as a sign over a shop selling dreamware. Legend erases the line between conscious and unconscious.

   • 2008, Skip Moen, Spiritual Restoration

     So much of our contemporary theological dreamware is about escape. We long for heaven. We fix our eyes on the other world. We want out!

2. (computing, rare) Speculative software products that may never reach fruition; vapourware.
   • 1989, Visual Resources Association, Bulletin

     ...the author is surprised to find so few imaging projects actually using CD-ROM. He attributes this to the "wait and see" attitude of potential users who are holding out for new "dreamware" products which do not exist yet.

   • 1989, Information Access Company, Datamation

     Independently pursuing his interest in metasoftware, Vinci has defined several basic modules and created some actual models of his dreamware.

   • 1999, Jessica Keyes, Internet Management

     You could create problems for your company if you downplay current products and hype the dreamware that may never become reality.

English

Etymology

From abandon +? -ware.

Pronunciation

Noun

abandonware (countable and uncountable, plural abandonwares)

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 (computing, chiefly video games) A software product that is no longer updated or maintained, or whose copyright is no longer defended or which is no longer marketed even by the company who made it.

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See also

• free software
• public domain
• announcementware
• vaporware