-ware
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Words that end in "-ware" seem to fall into different categories:
- computing terms, especially the various manifestations of software, classified mainly according to their method of distribution and licensing agreement (such as free-ware or share-ware) or according to their function and purpose (such as ad-ware or spy-ware);
- types of products named after their constituent materials (such as glass-ware or copper-ware) from the word ware meaning manufactured goods such those stored in a warehouse;
- general groupings of items available for sale or use in a specific context (such as gift-ware or kitchen-ware).
One should not confuse these with similar retail groupings which use the separate suffix "-wear" such as menswear, childrenswear or sleepwear.
[edit] List of examples
Examples (naming logic) include:
- Abandonware (by license)
- Adware (by function)
- Basketware (by material)
- Be-ware
- Beerware (by license)
- Blackmailware (by function)
- Bloatware
- Careware
- Chinaware (by material)
- Copperware (by material)
- Corningware (by function)
- Crippleware (by license)
- Cyberware
- Donationware
- Drinkware
- Earthenware
- Firmware
- Flatware
- Freeware (by license)
- Giftware
- Glassware (by material)
- Guiltware
- Hardware
- Ironware (by material)
- Kitchenware (by function)
- Malware (by function)
- Metalware
- Middleware (by function)
- Nagware
- Netware
- Otherware
- Payware (by license)
- Postcardware
- Ransomware (by license)
- Scareware
- Software
- Shareware (by license)
- Silverware (by material)
- Spyware (by function)
- Stemware
- Stoneware (by material)
- Tableware
- Tupperware
- Vaporware
- Wetware
