dadware

The type of computer programs that boomer dads are most likely to install or recommend you install to fix or increase the functionality on your computer. These programs tend to be outdated or made obsolete by better alternatives. Some examples of such software: AVG Antivirus, Symantec Norton Antivirus, SUPERAntiSpyware and other programs that may have been relevant over a decade ago but have aged poorly since.

"I let my uncle use my computer while he was over and now there's all this dadware shit on it."
"Dude why do you still use AVG in 2019? Get rid of that dadware and install a good antivirus like MalwareBytes or Bitdefender."

dadware by russianwarclub August 6, 2019

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Deadware

Apps, programs, games, and other software that are broken and abandoned because they didn’t turn a turn an immediate profit for the publisher.

The software is therefore “dead” to whoever created it, as in when one person tells another, “You’re dead to me.”

Some Person: Hey, what’s up with ONRUSH? There’s so much wrong with it, but there are no updates and Codemasters won’t answer emails about it.

Another Person: It’s deadware, my friend. The original company disavows all knowledge of ever having made it, despite their name being all over it.

Deadware by c December 7, 2019