SHRINK-WRAPPED SOFTWARE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shrink-wrapped software mean? 

• SHRINK-WRAPPED SOFTWARE (noun)
  The noun SHRINK-WRAPPED SOFTWARE has 1 sense:

1. software on CD-ROMs that are boxed and shrink-wrapped and sold in stores (implying a widely supported standard platform)

  Familiarity information: SHRINK-WRAPPED SOFTWARE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHRINK-WRAPPED SOFTWARE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Software on CD-ROMs that are boxed and shrink-wrapped and sold in stores (implying a widely supported standard platform)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("shrink-wrapped software" is a kind of...):

computer software; package; software; software package; software program; software system ((computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory)