vaporware

[vey-per-wair]

noun

1. Computer Slang.,  a product, especially software, that is promoted or marketed while it is still in development and that may never be produced.

Word History and Origins

Origin of vaporware¹

vapor + -ware

Example Sentences

Without any details, his promise looks like what Silicon Valley calls “vaporware” — an announcement without a product.

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But he has a history of touting innovations that proved to be vaporware.

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Automatic translation is limited to English and Chinese, and it’s not as seamless as, say, those vaporware glasses Google asked us to imagine in May.

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Often, demoware becomes vaporware, announced for shock and awe in order to discourage competitors, but never released at all.

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Wall Street dismissed it as yet another piece of Musk vaporware.

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