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   Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader   
   Re: RQFTCIWSSSG12 Game 4, Rounds 9-10: w   
   07 Jun 22 20:23:42   
   
   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > ** Game 4, Round 9 - Science - Ware in my Computer?   
   >   
   > Given a definition, identify the matching computerware term   
   > from the following list.  In some cases more than one answer   
   > is acceptable.   
   >   
   >       Abandonware          Foistware            Shelfware   
   >       Adware               Freeware             Shovelware   
   >       Annoyware            Glossyware           Silverware   
   >       Beltware             Groupware            Socialware   
   >       Betaware             Guiltware            Software   
   >       Bloatware            Hardware             Sourceware   
   >       Brochureware         Liveware             Spyware   
   >       Charityware          Malware              Stemware   
   >       Courseware           Middleware           Tableware   
   >       Crippleware          Nagware              Teamware   
   >       Delaware             Payware              Thiefware   
   >       Donationware         Postcardware         Treeware   
   >       Firmware             Ransomware           Vaporware   
   >       Flatware             Shareware            Webware   
   >   
   > 1. The printed documentation included in a package of software.   
      
   Treeware   
      
   > 2. Software that permits multiple users at separate location to   
   >    share documents.   
      
   Groupware   
      
   > 3. This general term includes all software that is written with   
   >    intent to damage, disable, or take control of a computer system,   
   >    or somehow steal personal information.   
      
   Malware   
      
   > 4. Software purchased on a whim, for compliance reasons, for a   
   >    new project, or to use up annual budget, but never installed.   
      
   Shelfware   
      
   > 5. This term refers to software that provides minimal functionality   
   >    while requiring a disproportionately large amount of system   
   >    resources to run.   
      
   Bloatware   
      
   > 6. Free software that some important functionality was deliberately   
   >    removed from, so as to entice potential users to pay for a full   
   >    working version.   
      
   Shareware   
      
   > 7. Older software which the original vendor no longer sells,   
   >    supports, nor assumes any liability for.   
      
   Abandonware   
      
   > 8. Add-on software bundled with a main product that is usually   
   >    unrelated, but the manufacturer receives payment for including   
   >    it and user must install it to use the original product.   
      
   Adware   
      
   > 9. Embedded software contained in ePROM, or flash memory within   
   >    a computer that remains after powering off, and which can   
   >    be updated.   
      
   Firmware   
      
   > 10. Software that a manufacturer (say, Microsoft) promises to   
   >    deliver soon, within such a short period that buyers see no   
   >    point in going to a competitor, but whose actual release may   
   >    be delayed by years.   
      
   Vaporware   
      
      
   > ** Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge - Ulterior Motif   
   >   
   > * C. More than One Capital City   
   >   
   > Some countries have different administrative, legislative and/or   
   > judicial centers, giving them two or three capitals.   
   >   
   >    C1. Sucre """is""" the constitutional and judiciary capital   
   >        of this South American country, while the administrative and   
   >        legislative centres """are""" in another city.  Name the   
   >        country.   
      
   Bolivia   
      
   >    C2. Kuala Lumpur """is""" the official capital and seat of the   
   >        national legislature for this country, while Putrajaya   
   >        """is""" the administrative center and seat of the national   
   >        judiciary.  What country?   
      
   Malaysia   
      
   > * D. Quotable Quotes about People of Note   
   >   
   >    D1. Gerald Ford said: "I am a Ford, not a(n) ".   
   >        Not a who?   
      
   Lincoln   
      
   >    D2. The London "Times" said: "No conqueror returning from a   
   >        victory on the battlefield has come home adorned with   
   >        nobler laurels than  from Munich yesterday".   
   >        Who was that?   
      
   Hitler   
      
   > * F. Most Expensive Locations   
   >   
   > We give you the name of the most expensive property in an edition   
   > of Monopoly -- the square that would be Boardwalk in the standard   
   > US edition.  You give us the *edition*.  For example, if we said   
   > "Apple Studios", it would be the Beatles Edition.   
   >   
   >    F1. Mayfair.   
      
   British   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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