cheeseware en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Latin cāseusbor. Proto-Germanic *kāsijaz Proto-West Germanic *kāsī Old English ċīese Middle English chese English cheese Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Germanic *samþuz /*samftuz Proto-Indo-European *-yos Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī) Old English sōfte Middle English softe English soft Proto-Germanic *warō Proto-West Germanic *waru Old English waru Middle English ware English -ware English softwarebf. English -ware English cheeseware From cheese + -ware.
Meanings
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(derogatory, slang, uncountable) Exceptionally low-quality software.
Perhaps most important, it has removed us even further from the "gee whiz!" mind-set that dominated our first reactions to computing--a frame of mind that made us so appreciative of the wondrous complexity of those putty-colored boxes that we became vulnerable to the half-baked, the beta, and even the well-marketed cheeseware.
2000 September 1, “The New Computers in School”, in Strategic Finance:To run the AOL cheeseware on more than one machine at once (why, FFS, I have no idea) you need more "screen names" whatever they may be.
2005 August 9, Phil Thompson, “Re: AOL Broadband”, in uk.telecom.broadband (Usenet):Many of the games they stock now are already in the mini-boxes, new titles not just cheeseware.
2002 January 3, John Capriotti, “Re: Walmart: Games in DVD cases??”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action (Usenet):
Synonyms
crapware · coasterware · shitware · crudware