Copybroke

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copybroke
/kop´ee·brohk/
Usage: adj.
Derivation: Play on copyright
Synonym(s): copywronged

See Also: copy protection


copybroke: /kop´ee·brohk/ adj.

  1. [play on copyright] Used to describe an instance of a copy-protected program that has been `broken'; that is, a copy with the copy-protection scheme disabled. Syn. copywronged.
  2. Copy-protected software which is unusable because of some bit-rot or bug that has confused the anti-piracy check. See also copy protection.
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Source: copybroke, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.


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