different between middleware vs abandonware

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From middle +? -ware.

middleware (usually uncountable, plural middlewares)

(computing) Software that functions at an intermediate layer between applications and operating system or database management system, or between client and server.
(computing) Networking software or hardware that is deployed in the middle of, as opposed to serviced by, a packet network to enhance or provide some network function, such as caching, filtering, or firewall functionality.

middleware m (plural middlewares)

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(computing, chiefly video games) A software product that is no longer updated or maintained, or whose copyright is no longer defended or which is no longer marketed even by the company who made it.

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