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treeware

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  • noun computing, slang, humorous Documentation provided on paper.

Etymologies

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tree +‎ -ware

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Examples

  • I was not aware that I am not a bibliophile, but instead a "treeware" aficionado!

    Archive 2005-05-01 2005

  • And I love to see young people reading a treeware novel instead of texting on their smart phone.

    Paying Attention Steve Perry 2010

  • There are some program artifacts that will have to be fixed, I'll have to do the italics and justify the type, basic chores that the publisher did for the treeware, upload them in a form that Amazon.com likes, but that's fairly minimal stuff.

    New Lamps for Old Steve Perry 2010

  • Looks like the treeware and Kindle versions will be up on Amazon.com on May 18th.

    From Cape Town With Love - Book Review Steve Perry 2010

  • I'll always be a treeware guy at heart, I like the feel of an old book in hand, and the batteries never run out, but I'm a dinosaur and I can hear the nasty little egg-sucking mammals skritching around down there in the underbrush ...

    Archive 2010-04-01 Steve Perry 2010

  • And another one cleaned up and shifted from old treeware into e-bookery.

    New Lamps for Old - Part III Steve Perry 2010

  • I'll always be a treeware guy at heart, I like the feel of an old book in hand, and the batteries never run out, but I'm a dinosaur and I can hear the nasty little egg-sucking mammals skritching around down there in the underbrush ...

    More on eBookery Steve Perry 2010

  • Looks like the treeware and Kindle versions will be up on Amazon.com on May 18th.

    Archive 2010-05-01 Steve Perry 2010

  • I like treeware and expect I will always prefer reading paper books to electronic ones, and I'm not alone.

    Archive 2009-08-01 Steve Perry 2009

  • The book industry has been fortunate: books are some of the easiest things to pirate, yet the majority of book readers still choose the treeware versions rather than downloading software-based substitutes.

    The Pirate’s Dilemma Matt Mason 2008

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  • faraway commented on the word treeware

    treeware noun. Printed material: books, newspapers, magazines and so on. See Word Spy:

    http://www.wordspy.com/words/treeware.asp

    September 2, 2007

  • pjdevitt commented on the word treeware

    "Treeware" refers either wooden utensils or bowls or alternately to the opposite of of electronicly published books or newspapers, etc. "Treeware will never be completely replaced by ebooks."

    March 28, 2009