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censorware

noun

Etymology

From censor + -ware.

  1. derived from *ḱens-✻ — “to announce, proclaim; to put in order”
  2. borrowed from cēnsor — “magistrate; critic”
  3. formed as censorware — “censor + -ware”

Definitions

  1. Software or hardware used to filter content on the Internet or block Internet access or…

    Software or hardware used to filter content on the Internet or block Internet access or restrict the running of applications or computer usage, on the basis of content being regarded as objectionable.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for censorware. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA