vaporware

Noun

Meaning

vaporware (uncountable)

(computing) An advertised product, often computer software, whose launch has not happened yet and might not ever happen.

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Bayus; Jain; Rao (2001), p. 4. In addition to the "vaporware" label, this is also called " ambush marketing ", and " fear, uncertainty and doubt " (FUD) by the press. Source: Internet

By the time 3D Realms went out of business in 2009 with the game still unreleased, Duke Nukem Forever had become synonymous with the word "vaporware" among industry writers. citation citation The game was revived and released in 2011. Source: Internet

This unruliness extended to the rest of her set, which incorporated hardware, software, vocals, dance, digital processing and manipulation of all sorts, and shapeshifting vaporware projections. Source: Internet

For now, this is all vaporware. Source: Internet

People have ragged on Magic Leap for being "vaporware" for quite some time and now people are bitching because they’re releasing something. Source: Internet

The crowd funded model is basically a recipe for vaporware and other empty box scams. Source: Internet

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