protestware
Software subverted to serve the ends of a political protest, for example by deleting…Software subverted to serve the ends of a political protest, for example by deleting files or displaying propaganda messages.
Meaning
1 senses(neologism, uncountable)Software subverted to serve the ends of a political protest, for example by deleting files or displaying propaganda messages.
Origin
From protest + -ware.From protest + -ware.
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedmalware
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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