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Pity, really. (lemmy.ml)
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[-] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 9 points 6 months ago

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.

[-] UntitledQuitting@reddthat.com 10 points 6 months ago

Software and hardware are both wares aka goods or services that are for sale. Merchants deal in wares. Pirates deal in warez.

[-] ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 2 points 5 months ago

Except that softwares and hardwares probably came out of the word "wares".

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