shelfware Last modified: Thursday, October 29, 2009
A slang term used to describe owning or licensing software that you don't actually need or use (e.g. it sits on a shelf). Shelfware is a phrase that is commonly used in the enterprise and corporations where volume license prices are given and the corporation purchases more software than really needed to obtain that discount.
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