bannerware

English

Etymology

From banner +‎ -ware.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

bannerware (uncountable)

1. (computing) software that contains banner advertising for other software by the same maker
   • 2000, Stuart Low, “Nothing much Cute about THIS!”, in alt.www.webmaster (Usenet):

     I use Crystal FTP, top quality FTP CLient^[sic], bannerware, but that isn't much of a problem.

   • 2001, James M Sandbrook, “ANN: Group Mail Free version 3.2.026”, in alt.comp.shareware (Usenet):

     KiwiWord 2000 is not adware or bannerware, you will find no banners etc.