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    Freeware is computer software that you do not have to pay for. You can often download it from the internet and use it at no cost. The free here is about the price.

    Freeware isfreeware 是computer software that you do not have to pay for不用付錢的電腦軟體You can often download it你通常可以下載它from the internet從網路上and use it at no cost免費使用The free here這裡的 freeis about the price指的是價格

    Though actually, that is not the same as “free software” in the older computing sense, which is about freedom: you may look at the code, change it, and share it.

    Though actually不過其實that is not the same as這跟"free software" in the older computing sense比較舊的電腦用語裡的「free software(自由軟體)」不一樣which is about freedom那個 free 講的是自由you may look at the code你可以看原始碼change it修改它and share it還有分享它

    Freeware can still be closed — the maker may not let you change it; they just do not charge you. It is also not , which often lets you try a program and then asks you to pay.

    Freeware can still befreeware 還是可以是closed封閉的the maker may not let you change it製作者可能不讓你修改它they just do not charge you他們只是不跟你收錢而已It is also not它也不是shareware, which often lets you try a programshareware,shareware 通常讓你先試用一個程式and then asks you to pay之後再要求你付錢

    The word is free plus -ware (a short piece of software), and it was coined by Andrew Fluegelman.

    The word is這個字是free plus -ware (a short piece of software)由 free 加上 -ware(表示一小塊軟體)組成的and it was coined by是Andrew Fluegelman安德魯.弗魯格曼(Andrew Fluegelman)創造出來的

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現, 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

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組成free (no charge) + -ware, shortened from software. Coined by Andrew Fluegelman.

同家族的字

  • freethe first half: no charge
  • software-ware is taken from this word
  • sharewareanother program word with the same -ware ending
  • malwaresame -ware ending, for harmful software

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

freewarenoun/ˈfɹiːˌwɛə/

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    computingengineeringmathematicsComplete and functional software that does not require payment or other compensation (such as viewing advertising) for its use. Freeware may be a proprietary license with no access to the source code.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。