gator

or ga·ter (gā'tər)
n. Informal
An alligator.

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The former name of the Claria Corporation (www.claria.com), which provides contextual ads to users. The Gator digital wallet, along with other client programs, are vehicles for analyzing a user's habits in order to target ads. See adware.

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The name of a software company best known for its adware products. Adware is pop-up interest advertising and Gator was one of the first companies to promote widespread adware.  In addition to pop-up advertising, Gator adware tracks an online user's browsing habits and also silently downloads its software which can create significant computer problems for users by creating arbitrary coding.  Some of the most common sites that utilized Gator adware and software installation include Limewire, eWallet and KaZaa.

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The company, which was founded in 1998, changed its name from Gator to Claria Corporation in 2003, but ended up going completely out of business in 2008. Gator's software, also known as Gain AdServer remains installed on millions of PCs.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - alligator

Nederlands (Dutch)
alligator

Français (French)
n. - (US) alligator

Deutsch (German)
n. - Alligator

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αλιγάτορας

Italiano (Italian)
alligatore

Português (Portuguese)
n., -
abbr. - jacaré (m) (Zool.)

Русский (Russian)
аллигатор

Español (Spanish)
n. - aligator, caimán

Svenska (Swedish)
abbr. - alligator
n. - alligator

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
短嘴鳄

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 短嘴鱷

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 악어

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ワニ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تمساح‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תנין, אליגטור‬

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