noun, a computer-related product that has been widely advertised but has not and may never become available
Many gaming Kickstarters have been released....but a few have been cancelled and the money keep, others have dragged on in vaporware status.
The practice of marketing products before they are available for sale is common to many industries, but especially the computer industry, where technological advancement is rapid and competition cutthroat. Unforeseen glitches occasionally result in the marketing of products that ultimately never see the light of day. Since the 1980s, such phantom computer products have been referred to by the word "vaporware," which is modelled after familiar computer terms such as "software" and "hardware." The word plays on the humorous notion of "vapors" being equated with rumours surrounding the development of a product hat appears to be on its way but that never actually materializes.
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