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  1. (software) Software that can be freely copied, redistributed and modified, including source code; software that is libre. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Software Synonyms: libre software, freedomware, libreware Translations (software that can be freely copied and modified): بَرْمَجِيَّات حُرَّة (barmajiyyāt ḥurra) [feminine, plural] (Arabic), programari lliure [masculine] (Catalan), 自由軟件 /自由软件 (zìyóu ruǎnjiàn) (english: Chinese mainland) (Chinese Mandarin), 自由軟體 /自由软体 (zìyóu ruǎntǐ) [Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), vrije software [feminine] (Dutch), libera programaro (Esperanto), vapaa ohjelmisto (Finnish), logiciel libre [masculine] (French), თავისუფალი პროგრამა (tavisupali ṗrograma) (Georgian), თავისუფალი პროგრამული უზრუნველყოფა (tavisupali ṗrogramuli uzrunvelq̇opa) (Georgian), თავისუფალი სოფტი (tavisupali sopṭi) (Georgian), freie Software [feminine] (German), ελεύθερο λογισμικό (eléfthero logismikó) [neuter] (Greek), szabad szoftver (Hungarian), software libero [masculine] (Italian), フリーソフトウェア (furī sofutowea) (Japanese), 自由ソフトウェア (jiyū sofutowea) (Japanese), 자유 소프트웨어 (jayu sopeuteuweeo) (Korean), brīva programmatūra (Latvian), laisva programinė įranga [feminine] (Lithuanian), слободен софтвер (sloboden softver) (Macedonian), perisian bebas (Malay), സ്വതന്ത്രസോഫ്റ്റ്വെയര് (svatantrasōphṟṟveyaṟ) (Malayalam), fri programvare (Norwegian), نرمافزار آزاد (Persian), wolne oprogramowanie [neuter] (Polish), software livre [masculine] (Portuguese), software liber [neuter] (Romanian), свобо́дное програ́ммное обеспече́ние (svobódnoje prográmmnoje obespečénije) [neuter] (Russian), свобо́дный софт (svobódnyj soft) [masculine] (Russian), СПО (SPO) [neuter] (Russian), свободные программы (svobodnyje programmy) (Russian), software liberu (Sardinian), bathar-bog saor (Scottish Gaelic), slobodni softver [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), නිදහස් මෘදුකාංග (nidahas mr̥dukāṁga) (Sinhalese), slobodný softvér (Slovak), svobodna programska oprema [feminine] (Slovene), prosto programje (Slovene), software libre [masculine] (Spanish), fri programvara [neuter] (Swedish), கட்டறு மென்பொருள் (kaṭṭaṟu meṉporuḷ) (Tamil), hür yazılım (Turkish), özgür yazılım (Turkish)
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  2. (software) Any software that is free of charge, such as freeware. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Software Synonyms: freeware
    Sense id: en-free_software-en-noun-NZXKucW4 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software
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Related terms: open content, open source
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      "sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
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      "word": "自由軟體 /自由软体"
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      "sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
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      "word": "vrije software"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
      "word": "libera programaro"
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      "sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
      "word": "vapaa ohjelmisto"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
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      "word": "logiciel libre"
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      "roman": "tavisupali ṗrograma",
      "sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
      "word": "თავისუფალი პროგრამა"
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      "sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
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      "sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
      "word": "თავისუფალი სოფტი"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "freie Software"
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      "code": "el",
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      "word": "フリーソフトウェア"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
      "word": "자유 소프트웨어"
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      "word": "brīva programmatūra"
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      "roman": "svatantrasōphṟṟveyaṟ",
      "sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
      "word": "സ്വതന്ത്രസോഫ്റ്റ്വെയര്"
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
      "word": "fri programvare"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
      "word": "نرمافزار آزاد"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "wolne oprogramowanie"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "software livre"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "software liber"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "svobódnoje prográmmnoje obespečénije",
      "sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "свобо́дное програ́ммное обеспече́ние"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "svobodnyje programmy",
      "sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
      "word": "свободные программы"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
      "word": "software liberu"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
      "word": "bathar-bog saor"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "slobodni softver"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "nidahas mr̥dukāṁga",
      "sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
      "word": "නිදහස් මෘදුකාංග"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
      "word": "slobodný softvér"
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      "code": "sl",
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      "sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
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      "word": "svobodna programska oprema"
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    {
      "code": "sl",
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      "sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
      "word": "prosto programje"
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      "code": "es",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fri programvara"
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    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "kaṭṭaṟu meṉporuḷ",
      "sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
      "word": "கட்டறு மென்பொருள்"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "software that can be freely copied and modified",
      "word": "hür yazılım"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
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    "free software"
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