rackware
Low-cost software sold in shops, generally hung on display racks.
Noun
- Low-cost software sold in shops, generally hung on display racks.
- Rackware, economically-packaged shareware and low-cost retail software that is generally hung on display racks, was pioneered by SoftKey and other companies a decade ago. But the marketing practice has become ubiquitous...
- Contact database features hundreds of addresses for bulletin boards and rackware - 1994, Steve Hudgik, Make Money Selling Your Shareware:
- Another advantage of rackware publishing is ownership. - 1994, Game Developer, volume 1, page 53:
Origin
From rack + -ware.