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Noun: shrink-wrapped software
Usage: archaic
  1. Software on CD-ROMs that are boxed and shrink-wrapped and sold in stores (implying a widely supported standard platform)
    "In the 1990s, most consumer software was sold as shrink-wrapped software in retail stores"

Type of: computer software, package, software, software package, software program, software system

Encyclopedia: Shrink-wrapped software