English Explanatory Dictionary

Napster

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any website that facilitates free distribution of data.
verb
  1. To download from Napster.
  2. To upload to or as if to Napster.
  3. To shut down, especially for copyright infringement, as Napster was.

Word forms

Napster Napsters Napstering Napstered

Etymology

Named after Napster, a file-sharing system (not itself a website) that facilitated the copying of copyrighted MP3 audio files, itself named after a nickname of its creator Shawn Fanning, referring to his nappy-textured hair; hence nap + -ster.

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