Q.Give the word, term or phrase which can substitute the following statement:
It is damaged software, cracked, nearly fully functional.

The word/term/phrase is Crippleware. It refers to software that is damaged or cracked (with some feature disabled or restricted) yet is still nearly fully functional.

Explanation

Among the types of accounting/computer packages, crippleware is software in which certain features have been intentionally disabled or which has been cracked/damaged, but which still works in a nearly complete way. It contrasts with fully licensed software, freeware and s …

Tally belongs to the category of Ready-made (ready-to-use) accounting software — a standardised package sold in the market for use by many businesses.

Accounting packages are broadly of three types:

Tally is classified as ready-made (ready-to-use) accounting software.

Why: Accounting packages fall into three categories — ready-made (standardised, low-cost software sold to many small/medium users, e.g. Tally), customised (a ready-made package modified to suit a particular organisation's needs), and tailor-made (developed from scratch for one large organisation). Tally is …