| 单词 | vaporware |
| 释义 | vaporware noun[U] UShumorous(UKvapourware)us/ˈveɪ.pɚ.wer/uk/ˈveɪ.pə.weər/acomputerprogramthat isadvertisedbut is notyetor is never madeavailable Computer programming & software
vaporware| Business Englishvaporware noun[U] ITUSuk/ˈveɪpəweər/us→vapourware Examplesofvaporwarevaporware As a result, the title was subject to intense speculation and won severalvaporwareawards. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The game has also won a wide variety ofvaporwareawards. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.After a number of suchvaporwareannouncements, the third-party developers started becoming upset. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Used fairly frequently in the computing community, particularly for marketing divisions of companies in response to frequentvaporwareannouncements and other unrealistic claims. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Vaporwareis also a term sometimes used to describe events that are announced or predicted, never officially cancelled, but never intended to happen. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Vaporwarealso includes announced products that are never released because of financial problems, or because the industry changes during its development. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A company known forvaporwarecan improve its reputation. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Vaporware, sometimes synonymous with vaportalk in the 1980s, has no single definition. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The company repeatedly pushed the release date forward, gaining a reputation asvaporwareor hoax. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A good example is "software", formed by analogy with "hardware"; other analogous neologisms such as "firmware" and "vaporware" have followed. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Most software products are not released on time, according to researchers who studied the causes and effects ofvaporwarein 2001. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The name is derived from the word "vaporware", which refers to announced but non-existent software. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.At times, vendors are criticized for intentionally producingvaporwarein order to keep customers from switching to competitive products that offer more features. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The practice was not calledvaporwareat the time, but publications have since used the word to refer specifically to it. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Development on the game, begun in 1996, was notoriously protracted, and the game was often labeledvaporware. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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