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bloatware
(1) Applications that are overloaded with features. See software bloat and wares. (2) Myriad applications pre-installed on a PC by the vendor. Many PC manufacturers are paid by software vendors...
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Definition: bloatware
(1) Applications that are overloaded with features. See software bloat and wares.
(2) Myriad applications pre-installed on a PC by the vendor. Many PC manufacturers are paid by software vendors to pre-install lite versions of their products on the PCs they sell. In addition, some of these applications load at startup, wasting memory and providing a potential for conflict with other applications. For a fee, some retailers offer to rid the new PC of bloatware for their customers. See wares.
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