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Definition of shovelware
shovelware
noun - uncountable
- low-quality software. Often collected and sold on low-priced CDs or DVDs.
Those $10 software CD-ROMs just contain a bunch of shovelware.
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- See more words with the same meaning: junk, garbage, trash, useless items.
Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Sep 28 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'computer slang': | |
| Definitions include: "your". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "What are you doing?" | |
| Definitions include: a "mode" activated by typing in all capital letters. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "none of your business." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "LOLing on [the] floor laughing". | |
| Definitions include: to cause a software or hardware bug to become evident. | |
| Definitions include: talent in using the Google search engine. | |
| Definitions include: "thanks". | |
| Definitions include: Speculation about the origin of the term includes the custom of the Easter Egg hunt observed in the U.S. and many parts of Europe, as well Faberge' eggs containing hidden objects. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "fuck my life." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "on my God, what the fuck." | |
| Definitions include: to hack, with the result being something quickly and sloppily created, or modified to solve a particular problem. | |
| Definitions include: to use a search engine to get information about a current or past love interest. | |
| Definitions include: broken; ruined. | |
| Definitions include: "upvote". | |
Other terms relating to 'junk, garbage, trash, useless items': | |
| Definitions include: to ruin writable optical media via a write ("burn") attempt which fails. | |
| Definitions include: unwanted optical media (e.g. CDs) received as junk mail. | |
| Definitions include: junk or salvage yards | |
| Definitions include: software that was purchased or written, but never used. | |
| Definitions include: tattoo. | |
| Definitions include: to throw away, i.e. put into a trash bin. | |
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Other terms relating to 'shovel': | |
| Definitions include: quickly. | |
| Definitions include: a prototypical menial or dirty job. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for a harley-davidson shovelhead motorccycle. | |
| Definitions include: A girl so ugly she looks like she got hit with a shovel. | |
Other terms relating to 'software': | |
| Definitions include: software still under copyright, but which is no longer distributed, sold, or supported. | |
| Definitions include: legitimate software that is free to use, but displays advertising. | |
| Definitions include: a type of shareware that interrupts use of the software to display a message asking the user to "register" the software (i.e. pay for it.) | |
| Definitions include: computer software that occupies too many resources due to its preponderance of features. | |
| Definitions include: a form of shareware where, in lieu of the "registration" fee, the author asks that users donate to a charity. | |
| Definitions include: a form of shareware where, in lieu of the "registration" fee, the author asks that users donate to a charity. | |
| Definitions include: software that has had features disabled to entice people to upgrade to a for-pay or more expensive version. | |
| Definitions include: "Freeware" was originally the trademark of "PC-Talk" author Andrew Fluegelman. | |
| Definitions include: shareware that uses guilt to encourage users to pay the "registration" cost. | |
| Definitions include: software that does bad things. | |
| Definitions include: shareware software that nags the user if it hasn't yet been purchased. | |
| Definitions include: a type of shareware that only requires users to send a postcard to the author in order to purchase it. | |
| Definitions include: software that is free to share with others and is - at least initially - free to use. | |
| Definitions include: software that was purchased or written, but never used. | |
| Definitions include: software delivered in physical form. | |
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