-ware

-ware

Words that end in "-ware" seem to fall into different categories:
* computing terms, especially the various manifestations of software, classified mainly according to their method of distribution and licensing agreement (such as free-ware or share-ware) or according to their function and purpose (such as ad-ware or spy-ware);
* types of products named after their constituent materials (such as glass-ware or copper-ware) from the word "ware" meaning manufactured goods such those stored in a warehouse;
* general groupings of items available for sale or use in a specific context (such as gift-ware or kitchen-ware).

One should not confuse these with similar retail groupings which use the separate suffix "-wear" such as menswear, childrenswear or sleepwear.

List of examples

Examples (naming logic) include:

*Abandonware (by license)
*Adware (by function)
*Basketware (by material)
*Be-ware
*Beerware (by license)
*Bioware
*Blackmailware (by function)
*Bloatware
*Careware
*Chinaware (by material)
*Copperware (by material)
*Corningware (by function)
*Crippleware (by license)
*Cyberware
*Donationware
*Drinkware
*Earthenware
*Firmware
*Flatware
*Freeware (by license)
*Giftware
*Glassware (by material)
*Guiltware
*Hardware
*Kitchenware (by function)
*Malware (by function)
*Metalware
*Middleware (by function)
*Nagware
*Netware
*Otherware
*Payware (by license)
*Postcardware
*Ransomware (by license)
*Scareware
*Software
*Shareware (by license)
*Silverware (by material)
*Spyware (by function)
*Stemware
*Stoneware (by material)
*Tableware
*Tupperware
*Vaporware
*VMware (by function)
*Wetware

ee also

* warez


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  • Ware — Ware, a. [OE. war, AS. w[ae]r. [root]142. See {Wary}.] A ware; taking notice; hence, wary; cautious; on one s guard. See {Beware}. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] She was ware and knew it bet [better] than he. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Of whom be thou ware… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ware — Ware, v. t. [As. warian.] To make ware; to warn; to take heed of; to beware of; to guard against. Ware that I say. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] God . . . ware you for the sin of avarice. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Then ware a rising tempest on the main.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ware — Sf std. (13. Jh.), mndd. ware, mndl. ware Stammwort. Afr. ware, were, ae. waru, spanord. vara. Trotz der späten Bezeugung liegt offenbar ein Erbwort g. * wazō f. Ware voraus; zu ig. * wes (ver)kaufen in heth. waši kauft , akslav. věniti verkaufen …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • Ware — Ware, n. [OE. ware, AS. waru; akin to D. waar, G. waare, Icel. & Sw. vara, Dan. vare; and probably to E. worth, a. See {Worth}, a.] Articles of merchandise; the sum of articles of a particular kind or class; style or class of manufactures;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ware — Ware, n. [AS. w[=a]r.] (Bot.) Seaweed. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] {Ware goose} (Zo[ o]l.), the brant; so called because it feeds on ware, or seaweed. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ware — Ware, n. [AS. waru caution.] The state of being ware or aware; heed. [Obs.] Wyclif. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ware — Ware, MA U.S. Census Designated Place in Massachusetts Population (2000): 6174 Housing Units (2000): 2906 Land area (2000): 6.174500 sq. miles (15.991881 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.136136 sq. miles (0.352591 sq. km) Total area (2000): 6.310636… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Ware, MA — U.S. Census Designated Place in Massachusetts Population (2000): 6174 Housing Units (2000): 2906 Land area (2000): 6.174500 sq. miles (15.991881 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.136136 sq. miles (0.352591 sq. km) Total area (2000): 6.310636 sq. miles …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Ware — Ware: Das altgerm. Substantiv mhd. war‹e›, niederl. vaar, engl. ware, schwed. vara ist unsicherer Herkunft. Vielleicht gehört es zu dem unter ↑ wahren behandelten Substantiv »Wahr« »Aufmerksamkeit, Acht, Obhut, Aufsicht«. »Ware« würde demnach… …   Das Herkunftswörterbuch

  • Ware — Ware, obs. imp. of {Wear}. Wore. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ware — Ware, v. t. (Naut.) To wear, or veer. See {Wear}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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