Noun: vaporware 'vey-pur,wehr
Usage: US (elsewhere: vapourware)
Usage: US (elsewhere: vapourware)
- An advertised product whose launch is uncertain, esp. computer software
"The highly anticipated game turned out to be vaporware, never actually released to the public";
- vapourware [Brit, Cdn]
Type of: computer software, package, software, software package, software program, software system
Encyclopedia: Vaporware