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===Etymology=== |
===Etymology=== |
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From {{af|en|dream|-ware|id2=substance, kind, or use}}.{{cln|en|terms suffixed with -ware (software)}} |
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{{suffix|en|dream|ware}} |
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===Pronunciation=== |
===Pronunciation=== |
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# {{lb|en|rare}} Things [[dream]]ed of; [[fiction]]s or [[fantasy|fantasies]]. |
# {{lb|en|rare}} Things [[dream]]ed of; [[fiction]]s or [[fantasy|fantasies]]. |
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#* {{quote-text|en|year=1901|author=Paulist Fathers|title=Catholic World |
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|passage=No use talking, I'm an unpractical, useless dealer in '''dreamware'''; a metaphysician who don't know how to fry an egg...}} |
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#* {{quote-text|en|year=1994|author=William Corbett|title=Philip Guston's late work |
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|passage=The painting could serve as a sign over a shop selling '''dreamware'''. Legend erases the line between conscious and unconscious.}} |
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#* {{quote-text|en|year=2008|author=Skip Moen|title=Spiritual Restoration |
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|passage=So much of our contemporary theological '''dreamware''' is about escape. We long for heaven. We fix our eyes on the other world. We want out!}} |
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# {{lb|en|computing|rare}} [[speculative|Speculative]] [[software]] products that may never reach [[fruition]]; [[vapourware]]. |
# {{lb|en|computing|rare}} [[speculative|Speculative]] [[software]] or [[hardware]] products that may never reach [[fruition]]; [[vapourware]]. |
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#* {{quote-text|en|year=1989|author=Visual Resources Association|title=Bulletin |
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|passage={{...}} the author is surprised to find so few imaging projects actually using CD-ROM. He attributes this to the "wait and see" attitude of potential users who are holding out for new '''"dreamware"''' products which do not exist yet.}} |
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#* {{quote-text|en|year=1989|author=Information Access Company|title=Datamation |
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|passage=Independently pursuing his interest in metasoftware, Vinci has defined several basic modules and created some actual models of his '''dreamware'''.}} |
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#* {{quote-text|en|year=1999|author=Jessica Keyes|title=Internet Management |
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|passage=You could create problems for your company if you downplay current products and hype the '''dreamware''' that may never become reality.}} |
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[[Category:en:Dreams]] |
Latest revision as of 13:38, 2 June 2024
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[edit]Etymology
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[edit]Noun
[edit]dreamware (uncountable)
- (rare) Things dreamed of; fictions or fantasies.
- 1901, Paulist Fathers, Catholic World:
- No use talking, I'm an unpractical, useless dealer in dreamware; a metaphysician who don't know how to fry an egg...
- 1994, William Corbett, Philip Guston's late work:
- The painting could serve as a sign over a shop selling dreamware. Legend erases the line between conscious and unconscious.
- 2008, Skip Moen, Spiritual Restoration:
- So much of our contemporary theological dreamware is about escape. We long for heaven. We fix our eyes on the other world. We want out!
- (computing, rare) Speculative software or hardware products that may never reach fruition; vapourware.
- 1989, Visual Resources Association, Bulletin:
- […] the author is surprised to find so few imaging projects actually using CD-ROM. He attributes this to the "wait and see" attitude of potential users who are holding out for new "dreamware" products which do not exist yet.
- 1989, Information Access Company, Datamation:
- Independently pursuing his interest in metasoftware, Vinci has defined several basic modules and created some actual models of his dreamware.
- 1999, Jessica Keyes, Internet Management:
- You could create problems for your company if you downplay current products and hype the dreamware that may never become reality.