A chaos of frequencies, each coherent in their own right, that cannot be aligned in any waydue to the intrinsic differences of each.
'As it listened, it opened up to a universal static that was normally tuned out. From that static it was able to sort an immodulate buzz; it identified this as a consciousness source. Further, the buzz was multi-layered, each point source separate and inharmonic with the whole.'
-Excerpt from 'Parallel Extinction', by Todd R. Stevens, soon to be published.
n. software that is no longer sold or supported by the original publisher / developer, often found as free downloads on the internet because it cannot be obtained elsewhere. Not legal, but often seen as morally acceptable because the company that made it is no longer selling the title, nor releasing it as freeware, therefore abandonware is "keeping the gamealive", so to speak.
Doom II is not abandonware because idstill sells it, while The Incredible Machine is not sold, therefore is abandonware.