Playware
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Playware is a noun meaning children's toys that take the form of electronic hardware or software.
Meaning
children's toys that take the form of electronic hardware or software.
Example Sentences
This astonishing breakthrough into the previously dormant market for computer-based playware for girls ushers in a retooling of technology[…]
What is the pedagogical potential of such so-called 'playful media' as computer games, playware, and personalised, location-based media technology (e.g. pervasive games)?
By crafting playware that not only appeals to the needs and desires of postindustrial kids but also tethers the latter to a New Age capitalist imagination, Japan is emerging as a toy maker and toy marketer of millennial times.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lapware, toys-to-life, gameware, portable, shovelware, workalike.
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