Meaning of kitchen table software | Babel Free
Definitions
Especially in the early years of personal computers, a set of computer programs developed by an entrepreneurial advanced amateur or self-employed professional computer programmer in his or her own home; software developed by a small business using the services of such programmers.
dated, idiomatic, uncountable
Examples
“So much for kitchen-table software being small potatoes.”
“However, the need to evaluate software before buying is no less important than in the days of the kitchen-table software developer.”
“More and more vendors, from IBM to "kitchen table" software authors, seem to be heading in this direction.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.