Usually means: Software displaying unwanted advertisements persistently.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. adware: Merriam-Webster
  2. adware: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. adware: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Adware, adware: Wordnik
  5. adware: Wiktionary
  6. adware: Dictionary.com
  7. Adware: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. adware: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  9. adware: Merriam-Webster

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Adware: E-Commerce and Marketing Dictionary of Terms
  2. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. Adware: Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary
  2. adware: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  3. adware: Netlingo
  4. Adware: CCI Computer
  5. Adware: Tech Terms Computer Dictionary
  6. Webopedia (No longer online)
  7. Technopedia (No longer online)
  8. adware: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. adware: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Adware: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (adware)

noun:  (computing) 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.

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