garageware

English

Etymology

From garage +‎ -ware, suggesting development by amateurs in a domestic garage.

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

  (file)

Noun

garageware (uncountable)

1. (computing, slang, derogatory) Shoddy, amateurish software.
   • 1997, vak, “Lack of Free Software for PP...”, in alt.comp.sys.palmtops.pilot (Usenet):

     People who spend real money on real servers aren't in the habit of running shareware or garageware.

   • 2001, Bob, “Zone Alarm 3.6 True Vector”, in comp.security.firewalls (Usenet):

     The ones which cause me the most trouble are various garageware sound file editors. One of them will crash Win2K if I run it and run an ascii editor at the same time.

   • 2007, Walter Mitty, “Help! Upgraded to XP”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action (Usenet):

     […] the simple fact is that most native Linux games are rubbish garageware and that the industry simply doesnt^[sic] care about the Linux community at large because they are generally not gamers but more serious "hackers" and hobbyists.

Synonyms

• garbageware