: software that is available for use at no cost or for a nominal usually voluntary fee
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The month before Dwarf Fortress was released on Steam (and Itch.io), the brothers Zach and Tarn Adams made $15,635 in revenue, mostly from donations for their 16-year freeware project.
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Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2023
DNS Jumper is a portable freeware tool that tests multiple public DNS services.
—Toby Grey, BGR, 21 Sep. 2022
The majority of unsolicited freeware will clog your computer with junk files, give you malware or provide entryways for hackers.
—Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2021
Saunders sometimes does this stacking by hand and sometimes uses freeware used by astronomy photographers.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 13 Apr. 2020
GEBCO world map / http://www.gebco.net/
Basemap for bottom two maps created in GeoMapApp (an excellent freeware mapping tool)
—Brian Romans, WIRED, 19 Sep. 2010
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Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2023
DNS Jumper is a portable freeware tool that tests multiple public DNS services.
—Toby Grey, BGR, 21 Sep. 2022
The majority of unsolicited freeware will clog your computer with junk files, give you malware or provide entryways for hackers.
—Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2021
Saunders sometimes does this stacking by hand and sometimes uses freeware used by astronomy photographers.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 13 Apr. 2020
GEBCO world map / http://www.gebco.net/
Basemap for bottom two maps created in GeoMapApp (an excellent freeware mapping tool)
—Brian Romans, WIRED, 19 Sep. 2010
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freeware
noun
free·ware
ˈfrē-ˌwa(ə)r 
-ˌwe(ə)r
: software available at no cost
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