Posts: 2833 from 2003/2/8
From: USA
Definition of "warez" by NetLingo:
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(pronounced: wheres)
Widely used in cracker subcultures to denote cracked versions of commercial software; that is, versions in which the copyright-protection has been stripped out. Hackers recognize this term but don't use it themselves. It is also considered by some to be a catchall term for software which includes firmware, freeware, groupware, shareware, shovelware, vaporware, wankware, and wetware.
NetLingo Classification: Hacker Jargon
That's why the link to netlingo is on the leftside of MZ! Pixie, don't worry, you'll get used to people using terms a bit loosly around MOS
[edit: netlingo has links to some of the other terms in there definition.. by discovering the term 'wankware' on their site, I've decided that I've been at the computer too long. Time for sleep.]
Targhan