CRIPPLEWARE

Etymology

Noun

crippleware (uncountable)

(uncountable, computing, chiefly, derogatory) A program whose functionality is severely limited beyond that of shareware, often in the interest of its author having the crippleware user make a purchase of the uncrippled program.

Source: Wiktionary



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UNDERLAY

(verb) raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type; “underlay the plate”


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