Shovelware

2 definitions found

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  shovelware /shuh'v*l-weir`/ n. 1. Extra software dumped onto a CD-ROM
     or tape to fill up the remaining space on the medium after the software
     distribution it's intended to carry, but not integrated with the
     distribution. 2. A slipshod compilation of software dumped onto a CD-ROM
     without much care for organization or even usability.
  


  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  shovelware
       
          /shuh'v*l-weir"/ Extra software dumped onto a CD-ROM or tape
          to fill up the remaining space on the medium after the
          software distribution it's intended to carry, but not
          integrated with the distribution.