Maerman@lemmy.ml to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 年前Pity, really.lemmy.mlimagemessage-square194fedilinkarrow-up1649arrow-down152
arrow-up1597arrow-down1imagePity, really.lemmy.mlMaerman@lemmy.ml to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 年前message-square194fedilink
minus-squareyeehaw@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·2 年前I always thought it was warez as in “wears”. My understanding is it was short for “softwares” or something. Take the end, add a dash of 1337sp34k and you get warez. Maybe I’m wrong.
minus-squareUntitledQuitting@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 年前Software and hardware are both wares aka goods or services that are for sale. Merchants deal in wares. Pirates deal in warez.
minus-squareulterno@lemmy.kde.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·2 年前Except that softwares and hardwares probably came out of the word “wares”.
I always thought it was warez as in “wears”. My understanding is it was short for “softwares” or something. Take the end, add a dash of 1337sp34k and you get warez.
Maybe I’m wrong.
Software and hardware are both wares aka goods or services that are for sale. Merchants deal in wares. Pirates deal in warez.
Except that softwares and hardwares probably came out of the word “wares”.