SHOVELWARE

Domain	Definition
Computing	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. Source: Jargon File.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Specialty Definition: Shovelware

The derogatory computer jargon term shovelware refers to software noted more for the quantity of what is included than for the quality or usefulness.

This is commonly used to describe software on compact discs, whose large capacity inspires producers to fill them with useless clutter without regard to integration issues or usability so they can advertise the comprehensiveness of the product.

The term is coined in analogy to "freeware", "shareware", etc. Rather than hand-picking software and carefully placing it in the collection, the analogy goes, the publisher has indiscriminately "shoveled" the software on to the CD.

Anagrams: SHOVELWARE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-e-h-l-o-r-s-v-w"
	-2 letters: haverels, overawes, oversale, shoveler, whosever.
	-3 letters: areoles, avowers, halvers, haverel, healers, heavers, however, howlers, laveers, leavers, overawe, oversaw, oversea, oversew, reavows, reshave, resolve, reveals, several, shelver, shoaler, vealers, weavers, welsher, whalers, wharves, whereas, wherves, whoever, wolvers.
	-4 letters: ahorse, areole, ashler, ashore, averse, avower, elvers, haeres, halers, haloes, halves, haoles, havers, hawser, healer, hearse.
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