Not everybody means the same thing when they tag some piece of software as âfreewareâ. You will often see something labeled freeware when it really isnât. In this article, I will describe various kinds of software that are often called freeware and try to clear up some of the confusion.
The phrase is thought to have originated in World War I, with the Toffee Apple trench mortar used by British troops. These mortars were later rendered obsolete by the Stokes mortar, which used a more modern bullet-shaped shell. How do you like them apples, UsingEnglish.com. Accessed 14 January 2007.
The bananaâs origins are thought to come from Southeast Asia; the Greeks knew about the banana plant and Pliny wrote about bananas in 77 A.D. Non-leavened breads go back as far as 7,000 years, so a combination of bananas and bread could be very old, although there is no written proof of this early of a connection.