-ware suff.
[from `software'] Commonly used to form jargon terms for
classes of software. For examples, see annoyware, careware, crippleware, crudware, freeware, fritterware, guiltware, liveware, meatware, payware, psychedelicware, shareware, shelfware, vaporware, wetware.
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warez /weirz/ n.
Widely used in cracker
subcultures to denote cracked version of commercial software,
that is versions from which copy-protection has been stripped.
Hackers recognize this term but don't use it themselves. See
warez d00dz, courier, leech,
elite.