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- noun computing, slang, derogatory Exceptionally
low -quality software .
Etymologies
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coaster + -ware, from the jocular notion that the disc containing the software is more useful as a drink coaster than the software itself is useful.
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vanishedone commented on the word coasterware
Word Spy: 'Software so bad or useless that it never gets installed.' You can at least use the CD-ROM as a coaster.
January 5, 2009