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vaporware
     
         /vay'pr-weir/ Products announced far in advance of
        any release (which may or may not actually take place).  The
        term came from {Atari} users and was later applied by
        {Infoworld} to {Microsoft}'s continuous lying about {Microsoft
        Windows}.
     
        See also {brochureware}.
     
        [{Jargon File}]
     
        (1996-09-30)