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Orphanware 

Orphanware is software that was purchased and installed, but no person in the company was assigned to or has taken responsibility for its operation and maintenance.

The end result is software which may be running on critical production systems, but no one in the organization exists to provide critical updates, reconfigure features or options, resolve outages, or guide users who need assistance with issues. Orphanware, or software which has been orphaned, is at risk of an unrecoverable catastrophic failure.

Since Orphanware has been purchased and installed, but isn't actively managed or kept up-to-date, it is differentiated from Shelfware, which was purchased but never installed; and Vaporware, which was never released in the first place.
All of our production software runs on Ubuntu and JBoss; after Bob, our only Windows/.NET expert left the company, all of our production Microsoft systems are Orphanware.
Orphanware by doctorgroove July 15, 2011

orphanarium

Exhibits open to the public to go and observe orphans in a simulated natural environment. Similar to an aquarium.
1. The orphanarium is located by the stingray exhibit.
2. The orphanarium is my favorite exhibit at the zoo.
orphanarium by drewbacca1212 November 15, 2010

orphanarium

The place where they keep orphans for you to look at.
I am going to go to the orphanarium to read to the children that live there.
orphanarium by haanar July 28, 2011

orphansarehot 

orphansarehot creator on tiktok is hot
orphansarehot on tiktok is sexy!

orphantears__ 

Is my mutual likes TWF and ~vor-/j
Does orphantears__ not reply to you, yes.
orphantears__ by Catzey July 25, 2021

Gayborhood 

N. A neighborhood containing homes, clubs, bars, restaurants, and other places of business and entertainment that cater to homosexuals.
"They've opened up a new club in the Gayborhood called the Male Box."
Gayborhood by Mia Shields January 6, 2006
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