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vaporware

[vey-per-wair]

va·por·ware

[vey-per-wair]
noun
Computer Slang. a product, especially software, that is promoted or marketed while it is still in development and that may never be produced.

Origin:
vapor + ware1
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a fool or simpleton; ninny.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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vaporware definition

jargon
/vay'pr-weir/ (UK "vapourware") Products announced far in advance of any release (which may or may not actually take place). The term came from Atari users and was later applied by Infoworld to Microsoft's continuous lying about Microsoft Windows.
See also brochureware.
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(2004-11-16)

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