"kitchen table software" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-kitchen table software.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} kitchen table software (uncountable)
  1. (dated, idiomatic, computing) Especially in the early years of personal computers, a set of computer programs developed by an entrepreneurial advanced amateur or self-employed professional computer programmer in his or her own home; software developed by a small business using the services of such programmers. Tags: dated, idiomatic, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: kitchen-table software Hypernyms: software
    Sense id: en-kitchen_table_software-en-noun-jJxyDu2D Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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