English Dictionary: vaporware | by the DICT Development Group |
2 results for vaporware | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
vaporware /vay'pr-weir/ n. Products announced far in advance of any release (which may or may not actually take place). See also {brochureware}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
vaporware 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}. [{Jargon File}] (1996-09-30) |