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third-party software

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noun

Computers.
  1. software created by programmers or publishers independent of the manufacturer of the hardware for which it is intended.


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Naphat, 29, was expelled from the Games in December for "using unauthorised third-party software or hardware modification" during the Arena of Valor competition, a letter from a SEA Games delegate said at the time.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

When Will Mauldin tried to print shipping labels for the weekend orders at his woodworking company in Rockville, Md., on Monday, he couldn’t log in to the fulfillment system run by a third-party software provider.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025

The inquest heard the Cumbria force IT firewall blocked access to BMW maintenance programmes, so technicians used third-party software to understand fault codes.

From BBC • Jul. 28, 2023

“Too many vendors ignore best practices for secure development, ship products with insecure default configurations or known vulnerabilities, and integrate third-party software of unvetted or unknown provenance,” the document says.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2023

Even powerful vendors such as Microsoft rely on the support of third-party software developers whose tools, programs, and computer games make an underlying software platform such as Windows more attractive to the mainstream consumer.

From Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software by Williams, Sam