This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

• Lexulous
• Wordscraper
• Wordosaur

n. A software application that includes advertisements, which are displayed while the software is running. Developers use adware as a source of income and to keep the costs of the software down (usually making it free). Some adware programs can include spyware.

"The problem is the muddled use of the term adware on the part of the AG in the settlement that seems to conflate adware and spyware, two very different things."

public domain software    free software    open-source software   

spyware    donationware    abandonware    baitware    demoware   

backup/restore    terrorization    personalization    difform    hussey